behindhand

They open a winter school, where students who are behindhand may make up deficiencies.
The College, the Market, and the Court|Caroline H. Dall
So Claude Haton, who is rarely behindhand in such matters, makes the Protestants lose fifteen thousand or sixteen thousand men.
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird
I have constantly observed that the generality of people are fifty years, at least, behindhand in their politics.
Thoughts on the Present Discontents|Edmund Burke
And their assembled friends being not a bit behindhand, roared out lustily.
A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others|Various

I turn out with alacrity, and am not behindhand in dressing; besides, I have only to put on my flannels.
The Story of the "Britannia"|E. P. Statham

British Dictionary definitions for behindhand

behindhand

/ (bɪˈhaɪndˌhænd) /

adjective, adverb (postpositive)

remiss in fulfilling an obligation

in debt; in arrears

delayed in development; backward

late; behind time

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