unpunctual en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English punctual English unpunctual From un- + punctual.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not punctual.
Indeed, the only unpunctual trains appear to be some of the International ones, and with these, if they are likely to be over an hour late reaching the frontier-station, the Swiss run their own train over the route provided the International express was being used for inter-communication with Switzerland.
1947 November and December, Lord Garnock, “A Swiss Railway Miscellany”, in Railway Magazine, page 341:Jim was so unpunctual — always late!
Deriveds
Translations (4)
ga ainfhéichiúnta (not punctual) · ga míphoncúil (not punctual) · fi epätäsmällinen (not punctual) · es impuntual (not punctual)