| past due | |
| posthumous(adjective, lateness) | |
| premature(adjective, untimely, untimeliness) | |
| too late(expression, adjective, idiom, adverb, time) | |
| demised | |
| detained(adjective, dull, low, sluggish, protracted) | |
| earlier(adjective, adverb, old, past, previous) | |
| exanimate(adjective, dead, death, obsolete, invalid) | |
| held up(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, time) | |
| inauspicious(adjective, negative, disapproving, uncomplimentary, untimely) | |
| inexpedient(adjective, negative, disapproving, uncomplimentary, untimely) | |
| infelicitous(adjective, negative, disapproving, uncomplimentary, untimely) | |
| lagging(adjective, time, slow, backward, remiss) | |
| lasting | |
| no more(expression, adjective, idiom, death) | |
| postponed(adjective, time, tardy, delayed, overdue) | |
| previously | |
| retarded(delayed, overdue) | |
| sluggish(adjective, adverb, dull, low, slow) | |
| then |
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