Tardiness

For tardiness in scheduling, see Tardiness (scheduling).
"Tardy" redirects here. For the surname, see Tardy (surname).

Tardiness is the habit of being late or delaying arrival.[1] Being late as a form of misconduct may be formally punishable in various arrangements, such as workplace, school, etc. An opposite personality trait is punctuality.

  1. ^ "Tardy", dictionary entries