belatedness
- a word derived from belated.
Example Sentences
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Yet you come upon them with a feeling of belatedness — as if you somehow missed the revelry and are left to survey the morning’s detritus in solitude.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 14, 2023
The future seems brighter than the past, however absurd the belatedness.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
A central part of literary critic Harold Bloom’s theory of artistic influence is belatedness, the feeling an artist experiences upon realizing that everything he or she hoped to say has already been said.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2019
Rommel is all too aware of the belatedness of his efforts, and the fact that time is running out.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 31, 2017
"I am something suspicious of myself, and do take notice of a certain belatedness in me."
From Milton by Pattison, Mark
