Usually means: Later or slower than expected.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word tardier:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. tardier: Merriam-Webster
  2. tardier: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tardier: Collins English Dictionary
  4. tardier: Vocabulary.com
  5. tardier: Wordnik
  6. tardier: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. tardier: Wiktionary
  8. tardier: Dictionary.com
  9. tardier: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. tardier: FreeDictionary.org
  11. tardier: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tardier: Legal dictionary

(Note: See tardy as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Tardy)

adjective:  Late; overdue or delayed.
adjective:  Moving with a slow pace or motion; not swift.
adjective:  Ineffectual; slow-witted, slow to act, or dull.
adjective:  (obsolete) Unwary; unready (especially in the phrase take (someone) tardy).
adjective:  (obsolete) Criminal; guilty.
noun:  (US) A piece of paper given to students who are late to class.
noun:  (US) An instance of a student's being marked as tardy by a teacher on the teacher's attendance sheet.
verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To make tardy.
verb:  (rare, intransitive) To dawdle.
noun:  A surname.
▸ Also see tardy


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