Enter a word or phrase in any language 👆
Language:
Translation and analysis of words by ChatGPT artificial intelligence
On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:
- how the word is used
- frequency of use
- it is used more often in oral or written speech
- word translation options
- usage examples (several phrases with translation)
- etymology
What (who) is BEHINDHAND - definition
behindhand
a.
1.
Backward, late, tardy, after the usual time, behind time, too late.
2.
In arrears (with work), behind time, not well enough advanced, in a backward state, not in a forward state, behind one's dues, not up.
3.
In arrears (as to money), burdened with liabilities, in debt, embarrassed.
behindhand
¦ adjective late or slow in doing something.
Origin
C16: on the pattern of beforehand.
Behindhand
·adv & ·adj In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds.
II. Behindhand ·adv & ·adj 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.
