behindhand
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Considering that this Fantaisie' was ordered, and paid for, and eaten more than a year ago, I realize that I am behindhand with it.
From Time Magazine Archive
One Kay, a large, seedy lawyer, who wore shabby black and white stockings, and shoes, was always behindhand with his share of cash.
From Curiosities of Impecuniosity by H. G. Somerville
I'll get it for you; for you're a little behindhand in literary matters, and I propose to train you in every way.
From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Charles Paul de Kock
I calalate I'd be a trifle behindhand myself.
From The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys by Howard Roger Garis
Clare, who, also, was in better health, was not behindhand in energy or industry.
From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) by Florence A. Thomas Marshall
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