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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

  1. (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

unpunctually · unpunctualness

Translations (4)

ga ainfhéichiúnta (not punctual) · ga míphoncúil (not punctual) · fi epätäsmällinen (not punctual) · es impuntual (not punctual)