belatedness
Example Sentences
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But he was conscious, too, of his own belatedness.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2021
Those assumptions were belied, obviously, by McCarthy’s success, the belatedness of his downfall, and the abuses of power that greater and lesser figures have managed to get away with since.
From Slate ● May 3, 2018
The very idea of belatedness, so central to Bloom’s theory, was, in Ozick’s view, anathema to the Jewish tradition, according to which there were no latecomers.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2016
This sense of belatedness is the theme of “The Talos Project,” a somber and captivating video game by the Croatian studio Croteam.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 9, 2016
"I am something suspicious of myself, and do take notice of a certain belatedness in me."
From Milton by Mark Pattison
