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Webster 1828 Edition


Unpunctuality

UNPUNCTUAL'ITY

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Noun.
Want of punctuality.

Definition 2024


unpunctuality

unpunctuality

English

Noun

unpunctuality (countable and uncountable, plural unpunctualities)

  1. Not being punctual; lateness.
    • 1902, Marco Polo and Rustichello of Pisa, The Travels of Marco Polo Volume 1:
      Yule soon became so accustomed to the din as to be undisturbed by the noise, but the unpunctuality and carelessness of the native workmen sorely tried his patience, of which Nature had endowed him with but a small reserve.
    • 1922, May Sinclair, Anne Severn and the Fieldings:
      Thus he made a habit of long walks after dark on week-days and of unpunctuality at meals.