Meaning & use
Lateness
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The state or quality of occurring, arriving, or acting after the expected or scheduled time.
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Her chronic lateness to meetings frustrated her colleagues.
The train's lateness caused him to miss his connecting flight.
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Formed from the adjective 'late' plus the noun suffix '-ness'.
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