belated

[ bih-ley-tid ]

/ bɪˈleɪ tɪd /

coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.

late, delayed, or detained: We started the meeting without the belated representative.

Archaic. obsolete; old-fashioned; out-of-date: a belated view of world politics.

Archaic. overtaken by darkness or night.

Origin of belated

1610–20; belate to delay ( be- + late) + -ed²

be·lat·ed·ly, adverb be·lat·ed·ness, noun

belafonte, belah, belarus, belarussian, belasco, belated, belau, belaud, belay, belaya, belaya tserkov

Marrero—who only reached “The Show” as a belated 39-year-old rookie—always did possess an odd sense of timing.

Havana Bids Adios to Conrado Marrero, MLB’s Oldest Player |Peter C. Bjarkman |April 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But could this invoking of the words of the Godfather of Soul be a belated effort to inflate these flat polling numbers?

Why Mitt Romney’s Use of James Brown Annoys Black Voters |Mansfield Frazier |August 31, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
But there is a belated wake-up among conservatives opposed to cannibalization.

Will Dick Lugar Be The RINO-Hunters’ Latest Trophy? |John Avlon |May 5, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Rick Santorum, the (belated) winner in Iowa, who had been battling Gingrich for that distinction, is the unambiguous loser.

Newt Gingrich Scores Major Upset in South Carolina Primary |Howard Kurtz |January 22, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Some belated scrutiny of the congressional record that later earned him big bucks.

Press Hits Santorum As Wheeler-Dealer |Howard Kurtz |January 6, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
It's most likely a belated swagger, or else somebody who is playing us a trick.

Station Amusements |Lady Barker
Still another of these belated prophets was, of all men, Thomas Carlyle.

History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom |Andrew Dickson White
In a picture view Ralph could see some belated locomotive breasting the drifts of lonely gully and curve.

Ralph, the Train Dispatcher |Allen Chapman
Some of his frequent despatches certainly reached their destination; but, going by circuitous routes, they were belated.

The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte |William Milligan Sloane
Then, a few days later, he suddenly emerged brilliantly radiant in the hectic glow of his belated midsummer madness.

Heart of the West |O. Henry

belated

/ (bɪˈleɪtɪd) /

late or too late belated greetings

belatedly, adverb belatedness, noun