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behind time
adjective as in belated
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adjective as in late
adjective as in overdue
adverb as in behind
adverb as in belatedly
adverb as in late
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adverb as in tardily
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Only in the range of the spiritual are we twenty years behind time, trying to get the best construction by compulsion.
Now the road was in disorder, every train far behind time, and two "extras" were approaching us.
He always had time enough, but it was “behind time,” save when the order was given to “fall in for rations.”
They're usually about a season behind time—telling how to plant corn along in August and planting winter wheat about Christmas.
Her letters were never careless or behind time, and no one was ever neglected in the multiplicity of messages.
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On this page you'll find 115 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to behind time, such as: delayed, long-delayed, overdue, tardy, behindhand, and remiss.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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