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adverb, adjective
- late; tardy.
- behind in progress; backward: They were never behindhand in following artistic fads.
- in debt or arrears.
adjective, adverb (postpositive)
- remiss in fulfilling an obligation
- in debt; in arrears
- delayed in development; backward
- late; behind time
1520s, from behind + -hand, probably on model of beforehand.