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UNPUNCTUAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unpunctual mean?
• UNPUNCTUAL (adjective)
The adjective UNPUNCTUAL has 1 sense:
1. not punctual; after the appointed time
Familiarity information: UNPUNCTUAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not punctual; after the appointed time
Similar:
behindhand (behind schedule)
belated; late; tardy (after the expected or usual time; delayed)
benighted; nighted (overtaken by night or darkness)
last-minute (just before a deadline; at the last minute)
Antonym:
punctual (acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed)
Context examples
It seems to me that the further east you go the more unpunctual are the trains.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
After a little while Mr. Gatz opened the door and came out, his mouth ajar, his face flushed slightly, his eyes leaking isolated and unpunctual tears.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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