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behindhand

adverb, adjective as in late; neglectful; belatedly, in arrears

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Example Sentences

They open a winter school, where students who are behindhand may make up deficiencies.

So Claude Haton, who is rarely behindhand in such matters, makes the Protestants lose fifteen thousand or sixteen thousand men.

I have constantly observed that the generality of people are fifty years, at least, behindhand in their politics.

And their assembled friends being not a bit behindhand, roared out lustily.

I turn out with alacrity, and am not behindhand in dressing; besides, I have only to put on my flannels.

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On this page you'll find 36 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to behindhand, such as: behind, belated, belatedly, derelict, dilatorily, and dilatory.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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