as in delayed
not arriving, occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time
the response was behindhand, just like everything else the company did
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Adjective
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Factors such as the co-owner Cary Heizenrader's death contritubed to the delayed opening.—
Bahar Anooshahr,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025 -
The atypical symptoms can lead to delayed or incorrect diagnosis.—
Health,
Health,
16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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French pharmaceutical group Sanofi dropped 10%, with JPMorgan analysts calling results from its latest dermatitis drug study weaker than expected.—
Jenni Reid,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Ozzy Osbourne's youngest son is hitting back after Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters criticized his late father.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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And then this girl, who ran to school on Wednesday in excitement and to avoid a tardy slip, realizes the shooter has taken something from her.—
Shimon Prokupecz,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2025
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Tyreek Hill, who was reportedly tardy at times last season, has spoken of needing to do everything correctly and setting a good example.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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If a student loan borrower is in default, the Education Department can direct employers to withhold up to 15% of a delinquent borrower’s disposable pay until the loan is paid off or is no longer in default status, according to the National Consumer Law Center.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
29 Aug. 2025
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What to expect for Charlotte’s office market Again, Charlotte isn’t leading the pack for office building sales or delinquent loans.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Scrambling to recall a few staff and issue some belated funding is just window dressing.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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The misguided focus on containment is a belated echo of the nuclear age, when the United States and others limited the spread of atomic bombs by restricting access to enriched uranium, by keeping an eye on what certain scientists were doing and by sending inspectors into labs and military bases.—
Zeynep Tufekci,
The Mercury News,
12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Due to our latish start, lunch time coincides with our arrival at the first tower.—
Anna Hartley,
chicagotribune.com,
16 Mar. 2018
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“Behindhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behindhand. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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