Apologies for the long delay vs Apologies for the long delayed

Both phrases are not correct as they are missing a noun after 'long'. The correct phrase should be 'apologies for the long delay'.

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Apologies for the long delay

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to apologize for a delay that has been longer than expected.

Examples:

I want to extend my apologies for the long delay in responding to your email.
Apologies for the long delay in getting back to you.
We apologize for the long delay in processing your order.

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award compensation totalling EUR 50000 for the long delay in delivery of the judgment at first instance;
The Irish Government itself is to blame for the long delay in implementing the Nitrates Directive, with the result that we are now forced to have all the on-farm inspections catapulted into the latter end of 2006.
I also regret the long delay in obtaining an inventory of needs for paediatric treatments.
In the case of normal voice transmissions, the loss of quality resulting from the long delay times of several hundred milliseconds is hardly noticeable - although it is perceptible.
The long delays, Mr Peijs, are certainly a problem and it is precisely for this reason that we are placing so much emphasis on computerization.
The Commission is aware of the problem of the long delays and other malfunctions in the academic recognition procedure in Greece.
Morale booster for the long hours.
For the long night that lies ahead.
The harmonisation of technical standards is also needed for the long overdue liberalisation of the railways.
We have to go on working patiently for the long-term future.
The Credit Guarantee is a whole-business style debt platform for the long-term financing of HPC.
We're in this for the long haul.
The strategy must be there for the long haul.
It'll keep your strength up for the long shift.
There is still no text submitted for the long-announced revision of the Television without Frontiers Directive.
No potential for the long range.
Policy coherence is fundamental for the long-term success of development cooperation.
MEPs will react to a Commission statement on the launch of a preparatory document for the long awaited White Paper on information strategy.
MEPs in the committee also call for the long-term interests of European importers to be taken into account.
Failed assassinations rarely bode well for the long-term health of those who plot them.

Apologies for the long delayed

This phrase is not correct in English. It should be 'apologies for the long delay' instead.

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Is waiting impatiently for the long-delayed Commission proposal on cross-border health and also looks forward to the pact on mental health;
Thanks to their generous financial assistance, the long-delayed mag-lev spur will finally become a reality.
Tax rates are for the Member States to set and clearly they are quite unwilling to sign up to the long-delayed directive on taxation of energy products.
The long-delayed vision of Arab economic unity should be returned to the table.
Morale booster for the long hours.
For the long night that lies ahead.
The harmonisation of technical standards is also needed for the long overdue liberalisation of the railways.
We have to go on working patiently for the long-term future.
The Credit Guarantee is a whole-business style debt platform for the long-term financing of HPC.
We're in this for the long haul.
The strategy must be there for the long haul.
It'll keep your strength up for the long shift.
There is still no text submitted for the long-announced revision of the Television without Frontiers Directive.
No potential for the long range.
Policy coherence is fundamental for the long-term success of development cooperation.
MEPs will react to a Commission statement on the launch of a preparatory document for the long awaited White Paper on information strategy.
MEPs in the committee also call for the long-term interests of European importers to be taken into account.
Failed assassinations rarely bode well for the long-term health of those who plot them.
To give you energy for the long hours.
She's just got plans for the long weekend.

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Apologies for the long delay vs Apologies for the long delayed