Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

behind the curve

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: be-hind the curve
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

prep_phrase

Not making the progress required.

American usage

Example Sentences

"But in his 1996 novel, Holy Fire, [Bruce] Sterling imagines a rather different future: a world ruled by an all-powerful gerontocracy, which appropriates most of the world's wealth to pay for ever more costly life-extension techniques. […] When the novel first came out, it seemed that Sterling was behind the curve."
"Toyota used to be a company with foresight, always ready to take action, but now they have fallen very far behind the curve."

Usage

American usage

Antonyms

ahead of the curve

Questions

What does behind the curve mean?: Out of date.

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