behindhand

Adjective

 * 1)  Late, tardy, overdue, behind (in accomplishing a task, etc.).
 * 2)  Not at the expected point of completion.
 * 3)  Behind (someone or something moving, a trend, etc.), lagging behind, not keeping up.
 * 4)  Behind in paying a debt; in arrears.
 * 5)  Not having enough of, lacking (in something).
 * 6) * 1777,, Letter to dated 25 November, 1777, cited in James Boswell, , London: Charles Dilly, 1791, Volume 2, p. 178,
 * I have had for some time a very difficult and laborious respiration, but I am better by purges, abstinence, and other methods. I am yet however much behind-hand in my health and rest.
 * 1)  Inferior, less advanced (compared with someone in something).
 * 1)  Behind in paying a debt; in arrears.
 * 2)  Not having enough of, lacking (in something).
 * 3) * 1777,, Letter to dated 25 November, 1777, cited in James Boswell, , London: Charles Dilly, 1791, Volume 2, p. 178,
 * I have had for some time a very difficult and laborious respiration, but I am better by purges, abstinence, and other methods. I am yet however much behind-hand in my health and rest.
 * 1)  Inferior, less advanced (compared with someone in something).
 * 1)  Not having enough of, lacking (in something).
 * 2) * 1777,, Letter to dated 25 November, 1777, cited in James Boswell, , London: Charles Dilly, 1791, Volume 2, p. 178,
 * I have had for some time a very difficult and laborious respiration, but I am better by purges, abstinence, and other methods. I am yet however much behind-hand in my health and rest.
 * 1)  Inferior, less advanced (compared with someone in something).

Adverb

 * 1)  Belatedly, tardily.
 * 2)  In debt, or in arrears.

Synonyms

 * ; see also Thesaurus:belatedly