adjective

• 1Late or slow in doing something.

  ‘the Yoruba have not been behindhand in economic activity’

  More example sentences

  • ‘There are certain days on which one feels oneself particularly wide of the mark; behindhand; in debt; showing a deficit.’
  • ‘But, time and tide having waited impatiently in the wings, occasionally shaking their watches, I had really better get on and do some work before my next happy hour of the day finds me seriously behindhand.’
  • ‘Because I'm behindhand on the particular thing in question I've thought of just letting it go.’
  • ‘But instead of waving a baton he turns a beam of rosy light upon any region that is running ahead of the rest, and a beam of blue light upon those who are behindhand.’
  • ‘Everything is behindhand for the opening ceremonies of Thursday, but as they are not the important ones, little annoyance is expressed.’
  • ‘May the whole Buddhist world be not behindhand in following this noble example.’
  • ‘To our credit the British were not behindhand in promoting music.’

  Synonyms

  behind, behind schedule, behind time, delayed

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  1. 1.1archaic Unaware of recent events.
     More example sentences

     • ‘you are miserably behindhand—Mr Cole gave me a hint of it six weeks ago’