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behindhand |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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