Tardy vs Inactive - What's the difference?
tardy | inactive | Related terms |
Late; overdue or delayed.
ineffectual; slow-witted, slow to act, or dullard.
Moving with a slow pace or motion; not swift.
* Sandys
* Prior
(obsolete) Unwary; unready.
(obsolete) Criminal; guilty.
(US) A piece of paper given to students who are late to class.
(obsolete) To make tardy.
Not active, temporarily or permanently
Not functioning or operating; broken down
Retired from duty or service
(chemistry) Relatively inert
(physics) Showing no optical activity in polarized light
Tardy is a related term of inactive.
As adjectives the difference between tardy and inactive
is that tardy is late; overdue or delayed while inactive is inactivated.As verbs the difference between tardy and inactive
is that tardy is (obsolete|transitive) to make tardy while inactive is .As a noun tardy
is (us) a piece of paper given to students who are late to class.tardy
English
Adjective
(er)- He yawned, then raised a tardy hand over his mouth.
- His tardy performance bordered on incompetence.
- Check the tardy flight of time.
- tardy to vengeance, and with mercy brave
- (Hudibras)
- (Collier)
Synonyms
* (l), (l)Usage notes
* The term suggests habitual lateness. * Somewhat dated in the United Kingdom.Noun
(tardies)- The teacher gave her a tardy because she did not come into the classroom until after the bell.
See also
* tardy slipVerb
- (Shakespeare)
inactive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The volcano is inactive , but is only dormant.
- The photocopier is inactive pending repair.
- Admiral Jones is now on the inactive list.
- Aluminium is inactive towards water.
- Synthetic glycine is optically inactive as it contains equal amounts of the d- and l- form.
