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121slow — a. 1. Moderate, deliberate. 2. Gradual. 3. Dull, heavy, dead, inert, inactive. 4. Tardy, behindhand. 5. Late. 6. Unready. 7. Tardy, dilatory, inactive, sluggish, late, delaying, lingering, slack. 8 …
122tardy — a. 1. Slow, snail like, sluggish, slowpaced. 2. Dilatory, slack, late, behindhand, backward, slow …
123unpunctual — a. Tardy, dilatory, behindhand, late …
124backward — I. a. 1. Unwilling, reluctant, loath, disinclined, indisposed, wavering, hesitating. See averse. 2. Dull, sluggish, slow, stupid, stolid. See dull. 3. Late, tardy, behindhand, after the usual time. II. ad.; …
125behind schedule — the museum renovations are behind schedule Syn: late, running late, overdue, behind time, behind, behindhand …
126belated — adjective a belated anniversary dinner Syn: late, overdue, behindhand, behind time, behind schedule, delayed, tardy, unpunctual Ant: early …
127in arrears — the personal accounts are fine, but the business is in arrears Syn: behind, behindhand, late, overdue, in the red, in debt …
128out of date — adjective 1) this design is out of date Syn: old fashioned, outmoded, out of fashion, unfashionable, frumpish, frumpy, outdated, dated, old, passé, behind the times, behindhand, obsolete, antiquated; informal out, old hat, square …
