BEHINDHAND Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

behindhand

adjective

bi-ˈhīnd-ˌhand

Definition of behindhand

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

The filing is backed by a Phase 3 study that showed the drug resulted in significant improvements in overall survival and progression-free survival over standard chemotherapy, along with delayed worsening of pain and quality of life.

— Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 23 July 2026
The impact is already being felt across various regions, from a delayed start to the Indian monsoon to a temporary halt to Peru’s fishing season.

— Bloomberg, Fortune, 21 June 2026

Definition of delayed

Adjective

The chefs are running super-behind, so service is slow.

— Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Like the scrappy bird in their nickname, the tenacious Toronto Blue Jays have clawed their way to 45 come-from-behind victories – most in the major leagues – and 87 overall, tops in the American League with under two weeks left in the 2025 campaign.

— Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025

Definition of behind

Adjective

Reuters — Japan’s government is portraying its accelerating military buildup not only as a way to protect the country but as a route to greater prosperity, arguing in ‌its latest defence white paper that arms production can support economic growth.

— Reuters, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Currently the league plays a late winter to late fall schedule.

— Anne M. Peterson, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of late

Adjective

Pulitzer-Prize finalist Daniel Mason molds his new novel around Miles Krzelewski, married to a Stanford academic superstar, twelve years tardy on his dissertation.

— Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
Machado, who was shifted over and essentially playing in the shortstop position, fielded the ball and diverted his route to go put a tag on Hoerner before making a tardy throw to first base.

— Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2026

Definition of tardy

Adjective

But so dismayed that the state was so delinquent in doing this.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
Jackson County also canceled its 2026 delinquent land sale — in which properties significantly behind on their taxes are auctioned off by the county — as property tax policies keep changing.

— Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of delinquent

Adjective

The closer and title track serve as a belated mission statement, at once tonally busy and capaciously arranged, as if to make the frequency spectrum itself a character in the songs.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 12 June 2026
The journey proves a belated act of self-discovery.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 17 May 2026

Definition of belated

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