<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.</li><li>late, delayed, or detained: We started the meeting without the belated representative.</li></ul><p><strong>Archaic</strong></p><ul><li>obsolete; old-fashioned; out-of-date: a belated view of world politics.</li><li>overtaken by darkness or night.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>