behindhand

adverb, adjective

1. late; tardy.
2. behind in progress; backward: They were never behindhand in following artistic fads.
3. in debt or arrears.

adjective, adverb (postpositive)

1. remiss in fulfilling an obligation
2. in debt; in arrears
3. delayed in development; backward
4. late; behind time

adv., adj.

1520s, from behind + -hand, probably on model of beforehand.