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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  66 Moby Thesaurus words for "behindhand":
     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     out of date, out of season, overdue, parachronistic, past due,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
  
  

















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