behindhand

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

• behind schedule
  • "was behindhand with the rent"

Adverb

• in debt
  • "a company that has been run behindhand for years"

Adj

• Late, tardy, overdue, behind (in accomplishing a task, etc.).
• Not at the expected point of completion.
• Behind (someone or something moving, a trend, etc.), lagging behind, not keeping up.
• Behind in paying a debt; in arrears.
• Not having enough of, lacking (in something).
• Inferior, less advanced (compared with someone in something).

Adv

• Belatedly, tardily.
• In debt, or in arrears.

Synonyms

behind, belatedly, in arrears, late

Anagrams of behindhand