belated

Adjective Satellite

• after the expected or usual time; delayed
  • "a belated birthday card"

Verb

• simple past and past participle of belate

Adj

• Later in relation to the proper time something should have happened.
• Lacking education or sophistication.

Adjective

• Coming or happening later than should have been the case.

Examples

• Happy belated birthday!
• His belated discovery of the bingo on his rack cost him the game.

Synonyms

late, tardy, backward, benighted, overdue, uneducated, unsophisticated

Anagrams of belated