1. Belated: 1 adj after the expected or usual time; delayed “a Belated birthday card” Synonyms: late , tardy unpunctual not punctual; after the appointed time

2. Adjective late, delayed, overdue, late in the day, tardy, behind time, unpunctual, behindhand a Belated birthday present Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition

3. Benighted: 1 adj overtaken by night or darkness “ Benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home” Synonyms: nighted unpunctual not punctual; after the appointed time adj lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture “this Benighted country” “ Benighted ages of barbarism and superstition” Synonyms: dark unenlightened not enlightened; ignorant