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behindhand

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be⋅hind⋅hand

  [bi-hahynd-hand]
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–adverb, adjective
1. late; tardy.
2. behind in progress; backward: They were never behindhand in following artistic fads.
3. in debt or arrears.
Origin:
1520–30; behind + hand
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be·hind·hand   (bĭ-hīnd'hānd')   
adj.  

  1. Being in arrears.

  2. Being behind time; slow. See Synonyms at tardy.

be·hind'hand' adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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