behind the times

Springfield: At the time, Australia was kind of behind the times, so at the show, when the Beatles came on it was like they were from Mars.

Our government is at least 50 years behind the times for a lot of things - especially other countries throughout the world having better representation.

“Is it true that we are behind the times in terms of housing?” asked Nick Pilch, 63, who serves on the executive committee of the club’s San Francisco Bay chapter.

Sometimes a news story seems so behind the times that I find myself double-checking the date.

Silicon Valley Congressman Ro Khanna, an ascending voice in the Democratic Party’s progressive wing, said the federal government is behind the times and can’t effectively regulate new economic powers of the information age with 19th-century tools.