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behindhand

[ bih-hahynd-hand ]

adverb

  1. late; tardy.
  2. behind in progress; backward:

    They were never behindhand in following artistic fads.

  3. in debt or arrears.


behindhand

/ 产瑟藞丑补瑟苍诲藢丑忙苍诲 /

adjective

  1. remiss in fulfilling an obligation
  2. in debt; in arrears
  3. delayed in development; backward
  4. late; behind time
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of behindhand1

First recorded in 1520鈥30; behind + hand; by analogy with earlier beforehand ( def )
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鈥淥h! are you there?鈥擝ut you are miserably behindhand. Mr. Cole gave me a hint of it six weeks ago.鈥

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Ziska was not behindhand in this, and in burning convents not infrequently allowed the monks to share the fate of their buildings.

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Nor were the heretics always behindhand, when they gained opportunity, in improving the lesson which had been taught them so effectually.

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In many circles here, it is the fashion to consider piety and dulness synonymous, and yet they are very different; our German clergyman here is not behindhand in this respect.

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I remember that the Catholics used to hold me somewhat cheap, and to think me behindhand, uncatholic, over-English, and the like.

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