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unpunctual

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punc⋅tu⋅al

  [puhngk-choo-uhl]
–adjective
1. strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
2. made, occurring, etc., at the scheduled or proper time: punctual payment.
3. pertaining to or of the nature of a point.
4. punctilious.
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Origin:
1350–1400; ME < ML pūnctuālis of a point, equiv. to L pūnctu(s) a point, a pricking (pung(ere) to prick + -tus suffix of v. action) + -ālis -al 1 ; see pungent

Related forms:
punc⋅tu⋅al⋅ly, adverb
punc⋅tu⋅al⋅ness, noun
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Word Origin & History

punctual 
c.1400, from M.L. punctualis (c.1210), from L. punctus "a pricking" (see point). Originally "having a sharp point;" meaning "prompt" first recorded 1675, from notion of "insisting on fine points." Punctuality "exactness" is from 1620.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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