adjective
- coming or happening later than should have been the case
Examples
- She sent a belated birthday card three weeks after the party.
- His belated apology came too late to repair the friendship.
- The company issued a belated response to the customer complaints.
- We received belated congratulations on our wedding anniversary.
- The belated arrival of the rescue team frustrated the survivors.
- Her belated realization that she had made a mistake was embarrassing.