belatedness
Example Sentences
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They are born, if you like, into belatedness.
From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2023
But the cost of belatedness is real for her too: Every time we spoke, she was “muerta,” “despilada,” “exhausta,” run ragged by relentless institutional demands.
From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2022
A central part of literary critic Harold Bloom’s theory of artistic influence is belatedness, the feeling an artist experiences upon realizing that everything he or she hoped to say has already been said.
From Slate • Mar. 16, 2019
Rommel is all too aware of the belatedness of his efforts, and the fact that time is running out.
From The Guardian • Aug. 31, 2017
Of late years they are growing conscious of their own belatedness, and that touches a tender spot.
From Our Southern Highlanders by Kephart, Horace
