Behindhand

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Being in arrears.
  • adj. Being behind time; slow. See Synonyms at tardy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. late, tardy, overdue
  • adj. in debt, or in arrears
  • ad. belatedly, tardily
  • ad. in debt, or in arrears
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • ad. In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds.
  • ad. In a state of backwardness, in respect to what is seasonable or appropriate, or as to what should have been accomplished; not equally forward with some other person or thing; dilatory; backward; late; tardy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In the rear; in a backward state; not sufficiently advanced; not equally advanced with some other person or thing: as, behindhand in studies or work.
  • Late; delayed beyond the proper time; behind the time set or expected.
  • In a state in which expenditure has gone beyond income; in a state in which means are not adequate to the supply of wants; in arrear: as, to be behindhand in one's circumstances; you are behindhand with your payments.
  • Underhand; secret; clandestine.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • ad. in debt
  • adj. behind schedule
  • Equivalent
    unpunctual   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dilatory    backward    late    tardy   
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