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falling behind

adjective as in trailing

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If you look at the scorecard for the last six years, we are still falling behind.

A study by the Urban Institute identified 10,000 men incarcerated for falling behind on child support in 2002.

The fact of the matter is, there are a lot of students in Tennessee—and states across the country—who are falling behind.

Conservatives loved it, until Romney began falling behind in the polls, at which point they began slamming to the press.

Falling behind in computing could mean falling behind in fields that rely on computation to get an edge on rivals.

Some of you have been falling behind of late in a most astonishing manner, and I fear for your standingI fear for it.

The task of the machine men has been increased; in consequence, I am falling behind in my work.

It was plain that he could not find any outlet, and falling behind with the cumbered horse he let me guide the party.

I think it was about 10 o'clock when Sir William told me to go and help Graves, who seemed to be falling behind in his task.

We knew that we would need the food later, but it was a choice between that or falling behind and possibly losing our friends.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to falling behind, such as: lagging, behind, crawling, creeping, and dawdling.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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