behind schedule
idiom
: not according to schedule : late
We're running about five minutes behind schedule.
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The latter is one day behind schedule.
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Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2025
Paramount, the studio, sent a crew to the set to see why production was several weeks behind schedule.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
Instead, the team is back at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, their temporary home over the past two seasons, with the re-opening of their iconic home ground now almost a year behind schedule.
—Pol Ballús, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
The project, once estimated to cost as little as $90 million, has actually cost more than $175 million after multiple delays put it behind schedule.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
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Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2025
Paramount, the studio, sent a crew to the set to see why production was several weeks behind schedule.
—Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
Instead, the team is back at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, their temporary home over the past two seasons, with the re-opening of their iconic home ground now almost a year behind schedule.
—Pol Ballús, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
The project, once estimated to cost as little as $90 million, has actually cost more than $175 million after multiple delays put it behind schedule.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for behind schedule
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“Behind schedule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/behind%20schedule. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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