Among the familiars at the Tuileries the blame for this general unpunctuality was attributed in an equal measure to both the Emperor and the Empress.
This has created ingrained habits of unpunctuality which clocks and watches and contact with foreigners are slow to remove.
Knowing the unpunctuality of our people, the conveners of a public meeting will often tell the Chinese that it will begin an hour or two before the set time, whereas foreigners are notified of the exact hour.
The only drawback was the extraordinaryunpunctuality of the host and hostess.
Similar unpunctuality was practised by the Palmerstons when they dined out.
Unfortunately, too, unpunctuality is not so rare as might be desired, the appointed penalties having been suspended on the ground of insufficient pier accommodation at Holyhead.
In the days when he was still strong enough to drive out, he had been often troubled by the unpunctuality of his coachman:-- "I advised him to aim at being five minutes before the appointed time.
Except that unpunctuality means waste of time, it will have no other drawback.
The inveterate unpunctuality of almost all Indians is a serious obstacle to the progress of the country.
She came late into the breakfast-room, after Mr. and Mrs. Gibson had finished the actual business of the meal; but her unpunctuality was quite accounted for by the fact that she had been travelling all the night before.
An excellent friend of mine lays it down as a maxim, that habitual unpunctuality is positive incivility.
I have alluded to the unpunctuality of one of my college friends: I will contrast it with the punctuality of another.
Do you suppose that I imagined this evening that your unpunctuality was entirely accidental?
The theme of his unpunctuality was so engrossing that the Rector's wife would have enlarged on it for some time, had she not caught sight of Elizabeth, and in her surprise subsided into a chair and momentary silence.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "unpunctuality" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
