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Synonyms for unpunctual
Grammar : Adj, adv |
Spell : puhngk-choo-uh l |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpʌŋk tʃu əl |
Top 10 synonyms for unpunctual Other synonyms for the word unpunctual
- aberrant
- aimless
- backward
- behind
- behind time
- behindhand
- belated
- belatedly
- blown
- casual
- changeable
- conservative
- dawdling
- dead
- delayed
- designless
- desultory
- detained
- dilatorily
- dilatory
- disconnected
- discontinuous
- down
- draggy
- due
- eccentric
- eleventh-hour
- faltering
- fitful
- fluctuating
- fragmentary
- gone
- haphazard
- held up
- hindered
- hit-or-miss
- hung up
- impeded
- in a bind
- in the lurch
- inactive
- inconstant
- indiscriminate
- infrequent
- jammed
- laggard
- lagging
- lingering
- loitering
- long delayed
- long-delayed
- long-drawn-out
- mature
- missed the boat
- nonuniform
- not arrived
- not done
- not punctual
- occasional
- off
- out of luck
- out of order
- outstanding
- overdue
- owing
- patchy
- payable
- postponed
- procrastinating
- prolonged
- protracted
- purposeless
- put off
- recurrent
- reduced
- remiss
- retarded
- shaky
- shifting
- slack
- sleepy
- slow
- slowly
- sluggish
- spasmodic
- sporadic
- stagnant
- stayed
- stiff
- strapped
- strapped for time
- tame
- tardily
- tardy
- tedious
- time-consuming
- too late
- uncertain
- unconsidered
- uneven
- uneventful
- unmethodical
- unpaid
- unproductive
- unprogressive
- unpunctual
- unreliable
- unsettled
- unsteady
- unsystematic
- up and down
- weaving
Définition of unpunctual
Origin :- 1740, from un- (1) "not" + punctual.
- As in irregular : adj random, variable
- As in late : adj not on time
- As in overdue : adj late, behind schedule
- As in slow : adj behind, late
- As in tardy : adj late
- As in belated : adj late, slow
- As in late : adv at the last minute
- As in tardily : adv late
- What a disgraceful thing it was for the Lilac to be so unpunctual.
- Extract from : « Seven Little People and their Friends » by Horace Elisha Scudder
- But Lucy at last was unpunctual in her visits to the Wilderness.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 » by Various
- It's odd that even at your father's funeral you should be so unpunctual.
- Extract from : « Crime and Punishment » by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Poets are dreamy and unpractical and unpunctual—it's their nature.
- Extract from : « Punch, Or the London Charivari Volume 107, November 17, 1894 » by Various
- But of all men alive Dolly Longstaff was the most unpunctual.
- Extract from : « The Duke's Children » by Anthony Trollope
- "It's not like Castellan to be unpunctual," said the Prime Minister.
- Extract from : « A Cabinet Secret » by Guy Boothby
- There's tea laid—you've let it get cold, unpunctual ruffian.
- Extract from : « The King of Schnorrers » by Israel Zangwill
- Mr. Waffles, like many men with nothing to do, was most unpunctual.
- Extract from : « Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour » by R. S. Surtees
- Have him give you directions, dictate you letters, discipline you if you were unpunctual?
- Extract from : « Lady Baltimore » by Owen Wister
- "It is so vulgar to be unpunctual," said Adelaide with her calm good-breeding.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science » by Various
Antonyms for unpunctual
- active
- antique
- bright
- busy
- cognizant
- common
- constant
- continuous
- conventional
- dependable
- early
- even
- exciting
- fast
- flat
- hurried
- intelligent
- interesting
- level
- live
- lively
- methodical
- normal
- old
- old-fashioned
- on cue
- on time
- paid
- prompt
- punctual
- punctually
- quick
- rapid
- ready
- regular
- reliable
- settled
- smart
- smooth
- standard
- steady
- systematic
- timely
- usual
- violent
- waiting
- wild
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