belatedness
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
belatedness (usually uncountable, plural belatednesses)
- The state or quality of being belated or of being too late.
- Slowness; backwardness.
Synonyms edit
- (quality of being belated): lateness, tardity; see also Thesaurus:lateness
- (slowness): lentitude, lentor, retardation, sloth