Related Words for backlog

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log
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Noun, Noun
stockpile
/x
Noun, Noun
reserve
x/
Noun, Noun
queue
/
Noun
pile
/
Noun
delaying
x/x
Noun
shortfall
/x
Noun
glut
/
Noun
workload
/x
Noun
inventory
xx/x
Noun
caseload
/x
Noun
pending
/x
Verb
paperwork
/xx
Noun
shortage
/x
Noun
bottlenecks
/xx
Noun
docket
/x
Noun
unfinished
x/x
Adjective
prioritization
x/xx/x
Noun
deferrals
x/x
Noun
surplus
/x
Noun
deluge
/x
Noun
batch
/
Noun
slowdown
/x
Noun
gaps
/
Noun
projects
/x
Noun
requests
x/
Noun
deferred
x/
Adjective
swamped
/
Verb
quota
/x
Noun
delinquencies
x/xx
Noun
pipeline
/x
Noun
ongoing
/xx
Adjective
stack
/
Noun
clutter
/x
Noun
inefficiencies
xx/xx
Noun
progress
/x
Noun
arrears
x/
Noun
uncompleted
xx/x
Adjective
incremental
xx/x
Adjective
deficit
/xx
Noun
unsold
x/
Adjective
flurry
/x
Noun
number
/x
Noun
volumes
/x
Noun
slowness
/x
Noun
buildup
/x
Noun
deficiencies
x/xx
Noun
invoices
/xx
Noun
hurdle
/x
Noun
debt
/
Noun
forest fire
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun
pyre
/x
Noun
jackpot
/x
Noun
backup
/x
Noun
hot spot
//
Phrase, Noun
setback
/x
Noun
wildfire
/xx
Noun
waste
/
Noun
back
/
Adverb
backwoods
//
Noun
hinterland
/xx
Noun
barrow
/x
Noun
bush
/
Noun
dump
/
Noun
kickback
/x
Noun
cess
x
Noun
bucket brigade
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
landfill
/x
Noun
slash
/
Noun
burrow
/x
Noun
butt
/
Noun
turf
/
Noun
fire lane
/x/
Phrase, Noun
blaze
/
Noun
litter
/x
Noun
background
/x
Noun
rick
/
Name
landfall
/x
Noun
blockage
/x
Noun
debris
x/
Noun
waterfall
/xx
Noun
spill
/
Noun
wake
/
Noun
peat
/
Noun
lake
/
Noun
fallback
/x
Noun
torrent
/x
Noun
acre
/x
Noun
grove
/
Noun
line of fire
///x
Phrase, Noun
washout
/x
Noun
dumping ground
/x/
Phrase, Noun
lade
/
Noun
backcountry
//x
Noun
clearing
/x
Noun, Verb
logan
/x
Name
phoney
/x
Adjective
int
/
Adjective
disrepair
xx/
Noun
unfilled
x/
Adjective
vacancies
/xx
Noun
orders
/x
Noun
staggering
/xx
Adjective
unemployed
xx/
Adjective
unemployment
xx/x
Noun
applicants
/xx
Noun
grievances
/xx
Noun
repairs
x/
Noun
accumulated
x/xxx
Verb
huge
/
Adjective
cases
/x
Noun
tremendous
x/x
Adjective
sizable
/xx
Adjective
enormous
x/x
Adjective
petitions
x/x
Noun
complaints
x/
Noun
compensates
/xx
Verb
illiteracy
x/xxx
Noun
applications
xx/x
Noun
mail
/
Noun
tackle
/x
Verb
packets
/x
Noun
sizeable
/xx
Adjective
manuscripts
/xx
Noun
catching
/x
Verb
eliminating
x/xxx
Verb
demand
x/
Noun
mounting
/x
Verb
messages
/xx
Noun
massive
/x
Adjective
bills
/
Noun
abeyance
x/x
Noun
accretion
x/x
Noun
accrual
x/x
Noun
accumulation
xxx/x
Noun
acreage
/xx
Noun
ageing
/x
Noun, Adjective
amassing
x/x
Verb, Noun
awaiting
x/x
Verb
backward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
bank
/
Noun, Verb
behalf
x/
Noun
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
bulk
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
burden
/x
Noun, Verb
congestion
x/x
Noun
cumulation
/x/x
Noun
cumulative
/xxx
Adjective
dam
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
day
/
Noun, Verb
disadvantage
xx/x
Noun, Verb
expectation
xx/x
Noun
expenditure
x/xx
Noun
following
/xx
Adjective, Noun
girth
/
Noun, Verb
indebtedness
x/xx
Noun
jam
/
Noun, Verb
joinder
/x
Noun
lag
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
lateness
/x
Noun
loss
/
Noun, Verb
name
/
Noun, Verb
outlay
/x
Noun, Verb
overdue
/x/
Adjective
overhang
/xx
Noun, Verb
pain
/
Noun, Verb
problem
/x
Noun, Adjective
retard
x/
Verb, Noun
retardation
xx/x
Noun
rolling
/x
Noun, Adjective
slippage
/x
Noun
stake
/
Noun, Verb
standby
//
Noun, Verb
sufferance
/xx
Noun
suffering
/xx
Noun, Adjective
surpluses
/xx
Noun
suspense
x/
Noun, Adjective
tardiness
/xx
Noun
tonnage
/x
Noun
underdevelopment
xxx/xx
Noun
waiting
/x
Noun
waterlogging
/xxx
Noun
yule log
//
Name, Name
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
aisle
/
Noun
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
bog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
fall
/
Verb, Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
grape
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb