Similar words: innateness, appropriateness, politeness, remoteness, completeness, minuteness, impoliteness, attentiveness. Meaning: ['leɪtnɪs] 
n. quality of coming late or later in time.
n. quality of coming late or later in time. 
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1) Even one minute's lateness would earn a stern rebuke.
2) I must apologize to Isobel for my lateness.
3) They apologized for the lateness of the train.
4) I did not inquire the reason for his lateness.
5) I must report your lateness to the teacher.
6) What did he say in explanation of his lateness?
7) We want a satisfactory explanation of your lateness.
8) He only offered a partial explanation for his lateness.
9) Lateness and carelessness are subjects for complaint.
10) A large crowd had gathered despite the lateness of the hour.
11) The inference I've drawn from his lateness is he overslept.
12) She got three demerits for lateness on this term's report.
13) His lateness was due to the very heavy traffic on the motorway.
14) Despite the lateness of the hour,[http://sentencedict.com/lateness.html] the children were not in bed.
15) The lateness of the ship was due to the storm.
16) He apologised for his lateness.
17) Lateness is strictly monitored over rolling 20-day periods, while unauthorised absence is carried forward over three months.
18) Team members will be penalized for lateness.
19) Your lateness is no laughing matter.
20) The principal reprimand the student for his chronic lateness.
21) He dismissed his secretary because of her incessant lateness.
22) He told a real whopper to excuse his lateness.
23) I shall have to report you for repeated lateness.
24) It was no great surprise that you were tired given the lateness of the hour.
25) I felt I had to pull her up on her lateness.
26) She told me/invented/concocted a tale about missing the bus to explain her lateness.
27) Your saying the work is urgent is the trigger, the result is lateness.
28) Dear Help Wanted: We punch a time clock and our employer has a rigid lateness policy.
29) Afterwards Lewis wished he had said something scathing, alluding perhaps to the lateness of the hour or Adam's appearance.
30) The filming was bedevilled by her personal problems, her sleeping problems, her lateness on the set, her acting problems.
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