[ noun ] the quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time <noun.attribute>
Tardiness \Tar"di*ness\, n. The quality or state of being tardy.
While the cutbacks, called a "flow control program," were designed to make skies safer, airlines acknowledge they also have increased tardiness in a system in which delays never were uncommon.
Prime among these are the tardiness in establishing a transparent bidding and evaluation procedure for projects, together with a complex and slow decision-making process.
Residents and a national association of bird watchers criticized the government Tuesday for tardiness in dealing with the spill.
"I can't be specific," said Yeldell, but "a slight delay of the meeting" resulted from Barry's tardiness.
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., who presided at the hearing, said many of the delays were caused by the Justice Department's tardiness in responding to committee information requests on nominees.
Partly because of WordPerfect's tardiness, Microsoft, the No. 2 supplier of word-processing programs, has piled up gains in the past year.
More than two years after a law required airlines to report the on-time performance of each flight, few passengers seem to be taking advantage of a simple clue to flight tardiness.
A company study on productivity found decreases in absenteeism and tardiness as a result of flexible work schedules.
The Malaysians are said to be increasingly frustrated by their Japanese partners tardiness in transferring technology. Mitsubishi is said to be unhappy with Proton's export drive: it threatens Mitsubishi's own car sales in some markets.