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late-blooming

[ leyt-bloo-ming ]

/ ˈleɪtˈblu mɪŋ /

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adjective

of or characteristic of a late bloomer: late-blooming brilliance.

late in coming about or showing full development: the country's late-blooming interest in soccer.

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Origin of late-blooming

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby late-blooming

latch onto, latchstring, late, late blight, late bloomer, late-blooming, late charge, latecomer, lated, lateen, lateen-rigged

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How to use late-blooming in a sentence

I remember H. Jon Benjamin told me it was a way-too-late apology for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Late Wednesday night, French authorities reported that Mourad had surrendered to police, while the two brothers remained at large.
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As he tried to make his way through a crowd of mourners late last month, he looked preoccupied and even disoriented.
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The strains of the syren at last woke her uncle, and brought back Miss Hood, who suggested that it was late.
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But, there was also another which might not be quite so pleasing to Elizabeth, although Louis felt it came too late for him.
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