late bloomer

noun

1. a person whose talents or capabilities are slow to develop:

   A late bloomer, she wrote her first novel when she was almost 50.

Example Sentences

I was a late bloomer because I had already done a lot of time as a Youth Authority ward in ’60.

From Ozy

For example, the Stars, Islanders and Panthers have found recent success despite a low ranking on the list above, through a combination of savvy acquisitions and patience with their late bloomers.

From FiveThirtyEight

Bacus, a late bloomer, was briefly sharp before his 2020 ended because of a flexor strain.

From Washington Post

But the region, for lack of a better term, was a late bloomer.

From The Daily Beast

School is hard, and I was a late-bloomer in finding out who I was and how to be myself.

From The Daily Beast

Its leadership relies, increasingly, on half-hearted, inexperienced freelancers or unskilled, late-bloomer recruits.

From The Daily Beast

In contrast, Sarah was a late bloomer when it came to romance.

From The Daily Beast

Her family claims her innocence, refuting charges that she is a maneater by insisting that she was a tomboy and a late bloomer.

From The Daily Beast

They are a late bloomer and will occasionally produce a crop when the other sorts have been injured by late freezing.

From Project Gutenberg

Ten Week Stock—the "Gillyflower" of grandmother's garden—is a late bloomer.

From Project Gutenberg

Lancifolium Punctatum verum is a late bloomer; color, clear white with soft rose spots and green stripes.

From Project Gutenberg