behind schedule
idiom
: not according to schedule : late
We're running about five minutes behind schedule.
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But running hours behind schedule meant using every available second to get those shots, squeezing me out of the process.
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Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 1 July 2024
Starliner, which is currently running years behind schedule, launched on uncrewed test flights in 2019 and 2022, each of which revealed technical issues, per CNN’s Jackie Wattles.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
But the situation makes for a moment of uncertainty and embarrassment that joins a long list of similar blunders by the Boeing Starliner program, which is already years behind schedule.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 19 June 2024
Those are part of 26 missions worth $3.1 billion under National Security Space Launch (NSSL) contracts that are already two years behind schedule.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2024
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Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 1 July 2024
Starliner, which is currently running years behind schedule, launched on uncrewed test flights in 2019 and 2022, each of which revealed technical issues, per CNN’s Jackie Wattles.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
But the situation makes for a moment of uncertainty and embarrassment that joins a long list of similar blunders by the Boeing Starliner program, which is already years behind schedule.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 19 June 2024
Those are part of 26 missions worth $3.1 billion under National Security Space Launch (NSSL) contracts that are already two years behind schedule.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2024
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“Behind schedule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/behind%20schedule. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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