as in delayed
not arriving, occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time
the response was behindhand, just like everything else the company did
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The heat dome over the eastern U.S. originated in the Plains and Midwest, where temperatures in the 90s and above 100 degrees Fahrenheit have persisted since late last week, according to forecasters at AccuWeather.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025 -
The company’s latest work, per Musk’s remarks, involves an entirely novel angle: enabling people with blindness to experience vision.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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His tardy arrival caused a two-hour delay and European delegates, including UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, staged a walkout. UEFA, the European federation, issued a harsh statement following the walkout.—
Michael Lewis,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Most importantly, try not to be tardy to the party.—
Lisa Stardust,
Vogue,
10 June 2025
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The Federal Reserve of New York study also found that borrowers ages 40 and older were most likely to be delinquent on their loans.—
Cora Lewis,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2025
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Yet enforcement was impossible, for there was no way to track down absent and delinquent fathers.—
Augustine Sedgewick,
Time,
13 June 2025
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Scrambling to recall a few staff and issue some belated funding is just window dressing.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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Please accept our belated apology.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Behindhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behindhand. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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