Meanings
- not comparableNot punctual.
Jim was so unpunctual — always late!
1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot punctual; after the appointed time
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishpunctual
- Englishunpunctual
Translations
Finnish epätäsmällinen
- epätäsmällinennot punctual
Irish míphoncúil, ainfhéichiúnta
- míphoncúilnot punctual
- ainfhéichiúntanot punctual
Spanish impuntual
- impuntualnot punctual
Cite this entry
unpunctual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpunctual
“unpunctual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpunctual. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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