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The phrase "action was belated" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action that was taken later than expected or required.
Example: "The action was belated, arriving after the deadline had passed."
Alternatives: "the action was delayed" or "the action was late".
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BARACK OBAMA has struck the jihadists in Iraq and even if the action was belated and modest he has so far been successful.
The government and the Central Bank are generally working correctly to deal with the current economic woes, he added, although some of their action was belated.
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The sort of historical understanding Berlin sought to depict was 'related to moral and aesthetic analysis'.
"The Baghdad communiqués are belated, insincere, incomplete.
This is belated recognition, but still it is recognition.
The change of heart is belated, but necessary and welcome.
But nothing has been heard from them either.There has been belated progress in a few areas.
Among these is belated shock that rotating six-month presidencies still exist.
"This is belated news but still good news," Mr. Javadekar told NDTV.
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