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(adj)
Later in relation to the proper time something should have happened.
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Near the end of a period of time.
Not punctual.
Late; especially, past a deadline or too late to fulfill a need.
Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
Happening later than is usual, expected, or desired.
(colloquial, derogatory, offensive) Extremely stupid; obtuse
(v)
(transitive) To put off until a later time; to defer.
(n)
One who loiters, one who lingers or hangs around.
Slow; having little motion.
At an inopportune time.
The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
(obsolete) Belated; too late; also, overtaken by night; delayed.
Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision.
Slow in manner; taking more time than is necessary; lagging behind.
Being a late bloomer; attaining maturity or success comparatively late in life.
slow; sluggish
(nautical) Having lateen sails.
(computing, Internet, video games, informal) Tending to lag, or respond slowly because of network latency.
(uncountable, Scotland) Bleakness, gloom; specifically, gloomy (cold, overcast, rainy, etc.) weather.
A term formed with the -logy suffix.
Having little time to run from its date; soon due.
Sluggish, slow.
(slang, childish) stupid; moronic
(formal) Tending to delay or linger.
Indicating position or direction.
Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
(slang, offensive) Resembling or befitting a retard; moronic.
(derogatory, slang) Resembling a retard.
Obsolete form of lethargic. [Sluggish, slow.]
(archaic) Lying hidden; concealed; latent.
Somewhat slack.
(slang, derogatory) An obese person.
(obsolete) Moving slowly; slow-paced.
A surname.
(obsolete) Made lethargic.
(informal) Moving or developing very slowly; tending to drag on; dull.
lazy; idle; tending to sloth.
(archaic) lethargic
(prison slang) A stupid or undesirable person.
Like a sluggard.
(rare, informal) Tending to lurk; given to or indicative of lurking
(colloquial, idiomatic) Of a person, slow to comprehend or process intellectually.
(UK dialectal) Tedious; tiresomely long.
A lazy or slothful person.
(archaic) Lazy, slothful.
Full of laxity; characterised by laxness; relaxed; (by extension) unmotivated, lazy.
(music) An instance of gradually decelerating the tempo of a piece of music.
(music) slackening; becoming slower (used as a musical direction).
(rare) latent, hidden, obscure
Resembling or characteristic of a sloth, especially in being slow and sluggish.
Characterised or marked by dawdling
Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.
(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played very slowly.
Archaic form of slothful. [lazy; idle; tending to sloth.]
(informal) jet-lagged
(UK, US, chiefly of a woman) Having long, attractive legs; long-legged.
Having an untidy appearance; unkempt.
Suffering from jet lag.
(simile, archaic) Exceptionally lazy.
Pertaining to or resembling lead; grey, heavy, sluggish.
(of fuel) Having a low octane number.
Heavy, massive, weighty.
(informal) Characteristic of a slacker.
lazy, lethargic or apathetic
Alternative form of lateritious. [(medicine, biology, archaic) Of the reddish color of bricks.]
(dated) Characterized by afterwit; slow-witted.
(rare) slothful; lazy
Typified by slowness; characteristically slow
(zoology) A member of the animal phylum Tardigrada.
Alternative form of tortoiselike. [Resembling or characteristic of a tortoise; thus frequently slow or unhurried]
Alternative form of slow-witted. [Lacking a keen or swift intellect, not too bright or not too swift.]
(slang) Lame; of poor quality.
Tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation.
(rare) Characterised by sloth; lazy.
Resembling or characteristic of a slug (gastropod mollusk).
(figurative) Dull and slow in acting, thinking, etc.; without energy; cloddish, lethargic, slow-witted, sluggish.
(colloquial) Sloppy, hasty, shoddy, or inelegant.
Affected with stringhalt; lame.
(dated, medicine) A person who is senile.
(of any physical thing) Having great weight.
Of a person or animal, or their body functions: flagging from weakness, or inactive or weak, especially due to illness or tiredness; faint, listless.
(medicine, biology, archaic) Of the reddish color of bricks.
Like a slacker; lazy, idle.
Characterised or marked by slumber; sleepy.
(archaic) Loathsome.
The act of one who lumbers; heavy, clumsy movement.
Like a loafer; idle.
Somewhat lazy.
(informal) Liquid and viscous; moving slowly when poured.
(informal) Resembling a task, arduous; (by extension) time-consuming, tiresome, stressful.
(obsolete) Lazy, idle, slothful.
Obsolete spelling of timorous. [Tending to be easily frightened; shy, timid.]
Like a drone; slow; sluggish.
(archaic) Like a lath; long and slender.
Resembling or characteristic of a truant.
merciful, forbearing
(UK, dialect) sluggish; slow
Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.