behindhand

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Late, tardy, overdue, behind (in accomplishing a task, etc.).
2. adjective Not at the expected point of completion.
3. adjective Behind (someone or something moving, a trend, etc.), lagging behind, not keeping up.
4. adjective Behind in paying a debt; in arrears.
5. adjective Not having enough of, lacking (in something).
6. adjective Inferior, less advanced (compared with someone in something).
7. adverb Belatedly, tardily.
8. adverb In debt, or in arrears.

Similar words

behind unpunctual in arrears late tardy strange backward latred nigh-hand cross-handed

Often followed by

in with and as of on to when