behind schedule
idiom
: not according to schedule : late
We're running about five minutes behind schedule.
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Amid a heated space race to return humans to the moon, NASA officials have expressed concern that SpaceX has fallen behind schedule in preparing Starship to be ready in time for a mission known as Artemis 3.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Its Max 7 and Max 10 variants and the 777X are years behind schedule.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
Yet Starship has suffered a string of testing mishaps this year that have put it well behind schedule.
—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
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Its Max 7 and Max 10 variants and the 777X are years behind schedule.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
Yet Starship has suffered a string of testing mishaps this year that have put it well behind schedule.
—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
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“Behind schedule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/behind%20schedule. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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