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countable and uncountable, plural tardinesses
(uncountable) The state or quality of being tardy. quotations examples
Some ten years ago, an evening excursion train from the Walsall area to Manchester, when travelling well over the heavily-graded Walsall-Rugeley line, was brought to a stand at a level crossing at Hednesford by the tardiness of a gatekeeper, who was pottering about in his garden instead of attending to his duties.
1947 January and February, “Notes and News: Drivers' Reprisals”, in Railway Magazine, page 53
(countable) The result or product of being tardy. examples