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behind schedule

ADVERB
behind
Synonyms
STRONG
in debt late slow
WEAK
backward behind time behindhand belated delayed dilatory have to play catch up in arrears overdue sluggish tardy
Antonyms
STRONG
paid paid up

Example Sentences

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Admittedly, the chip announcement comes months behind schedule.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Glen Sannox began sailings last year, almost seven years behind schedule.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Later that day, one of the trainees asked me whether they were already behind schedule.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Pierre-Olivier Beckers, the head of the International Olympic Committee's coordination commission for the 2030 Games, said at an IOC Session ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Games that preparations were "behind schedule".

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

By mid-November he figured he was two weeks behind schedule.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown