impunctuality

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noun

Failure to be punctual; unpunctuality.

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Meanings

nounimpunctuality (usually uncountable, plural impunctualities)

plural impunctualities

  1. uncountableusuallyFailure to be punctual; unpunctuality.

    It is believed, owing to the impunctuality of collections, that in no part of the United States does fair lending at private interest, upon real security, net six per cent.

    1790, Alexander Hamilton, First Report on the Public Credit

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
unseasonablenessuntimeliness

Origin

From im- + punctuality.

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APA

impunctuality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impunctuality

MLA

“impunctuality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impunctuality. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impunctuality,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impunctuality.

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