behind schedule
idiom
: not according to schedule : late
We're running about five minutes behind schedule.
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Yet Starship has suffered a string of testing mishaps this year that have put it well behind schedule.
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Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
Production on season one had fallen woefully behind schedule, as whole episodes were scrapped, scripts were written at the eleventh hour and producers, including Bell, began second-guessing the series’ tone.
—Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
But Musk's rocket company has fallen behind schedule with its testing and development of Starship, and the vehicle suffered a string of explosive failures earlier this year.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
Buses, streetcars and trains ran an hour behind schedule.
—Robert Wyss, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
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Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
Production on season one had fallen woefully behind schedule, as whole episodes were scrapped, scripts were written at the eleventh hour and producers, including Bell, began second-guessing the series’ tone.
—Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
But Musk's rocket company has fallen behind schedule with its testing and development of Starship, and the vehicle suffered a string of explosive failures earlier this year.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
Buses, streetcars and trains ran an hour behind schedule.
—Robert Wyss, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Behind schedule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/behind%20schedule. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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