Hypertext Webster Gateway: "behindhand"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Behindhand \Be*hind"hand`\, adv. & a. [Behind + hand.]
1. In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have
exceeded the receipt of funds.
2. In a state of backwardness, in respect to what is
seasonable or appropriate, or as to what should have been
accomplished; not equally forward with some other person
or thing; dilatory; backward; late; tardy; as, behindhand
in studies or in work.
In this also [dress] the country are very much
behindhand. --Addison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
behindhand
adj : behind schedule; "was behindhand with the rent"
adv : in debt; "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a
month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run
behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility
bills" [syn: {behind}, {in arrears}]
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