6
detained(late, delayed, overdue)
6
put off(expression, adjective, late, tardy, delayed)
4
delayed(adjective, late, broken, tardy, stopped)
4
postponed(late, broken, tardy, stopped, delayed)
3
attacked(adjective, robbed)
3
caught up(expression, late, tardy, delayed)
3
late(adjective, time, unsettled, tardy, delayed)
3
overdue(adjective, unsettled, late, tardy, behind)
3
tardy(adjective, unsettled, late, delayed, overdue)
2
backward(late, tardy, delayed, overdue)
2
behindhand(unsettled, late, tardy, delayed, overdue)
2
belated(unsettled, late, tardy, delayed, overdue)
2
eleventh-hour(tardy, delayed, overdue, suspended, postponed)
2
hindered(late, broken, tardy, stopped)
2
hung up(expression, unsettled, late, tardy, delayed)
2
in a bind(expression, idiom, late, tardy, delayed)
2
jammed(unsettled, late, tardy, delayed, overdue)
2
retarded(late, delayed, overdue, postponed, negotiated)
2
slow(late, tardy, delayed, overdue)
2
unpunctual(unsettled, late, tardy, delayed, overdue)
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