impunctuality

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From im- +‎ punctuality.

Noun[edit]

impunctuality (usually uncountable, plural impunctualities)

  1. Failure to be punctual; unpunctuality.
    • 1790, Alexander Hamilton, First Report on the Public Credit:
      It is believed, owing to the impunctuality of collections, that in no part of the United States does fair lending at private interest, upon real security, net six per cent.