'Behindhand' definitions:
Definition of 'behindhand'
(from WordNet)
adverb
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, behindhand, in arrears]
adjective
Behind schedule; "was behindhand with the rent"
Definition of 'Behindhand'
From: GCIDE
- Behindhand \Be*hind"hand`\, adv. & a. [Behind + hand.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- In this also [dress] the country are very much behindhand. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'behindhand'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- after time,
- ahead of time,
- anachronistic,
- antedated,
- arrested,
- back,
- backward,
- beforehand,
- behind,
- behind time,
- belated,
- belatedly,
- blocked,
- careless,
- dated,
- deep into,
- defaulting,
- delayed,
- delayed-action,
- delinquent,
- derelict,
- detained,
- disregardful,
- early,
- far on,
- foredated,
- held up,
- hung up,
- in a bind,
- in abeyance,
- in arrear,
- in arrears,
- jammed,
- late,
- latish,
- lax,
- metachronistic,
- misdated,
- mistimed,
- moratory,
- neglectful,
- never on time,
- none too soon,
- nonpaying,
- obstructed,
- out of date,
- out of season,
- overdue,
- parachronistic,
- past due,
- postdated,
- prochronistic,
- regardless,
- remiss,
- retarded,
- slack,
- slow,
- stopped,
- tardy,
- underdeveloped,
- undeveloped,
- unprogressive,
- unpunctual,
- unready,
- unseasonable,
- untimely