a. (UN-1 7.)
1740. Pope, Lett. to Swift, Wks. 1751, IX. 333. I am a very unpunctual correspondent, tho’ no unpunctual agent or friend.
1828. Lytton, Pelham, II. xii. Very young men are seldom unpunctual at dinner.
1841. Lady Lyttelton, Corr. (1912), xii. 316. They are immensely unpunctual, and make the poor Queen wait for dinner.
1884. Expositor, June, 467. I am not unpunctual, as you know.
