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behind the times

behind the times prepositional phrase: out of date; old-fashioned; obsolete; outmoded; outdated.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Out of date; old-fashioned; obsolete; outmoded; outdated.

behind the times meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

behind the times in Bengali

সেকেলে, পুরানো আমলের, অপ্রচলিত, পুরানো, মান্ধাতা আমলের

behind the times in Malayalam

out of date, old-fashioned, outmoded
കാലോചിതമല്ലാത്ത, പഴഞ്ചനായ, കാലത്തിനു ചേരാത്ത, കാലം കഴിഞ്ഞു പോയ, പഴയ, പണ്ടത്തെ

Synonyms of behind the times

Questions about behind the times

What does behind the times mean?
Behind the times means out of date; old-fashioned; obsolete; outmoded; outdated.
What is behind the times in Bengali?
Behind the times in Bengali is সেকেলে, পুরানো আমলের, অপ্রচলিত. See Behind the times meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is behind the times?
Behind the times is a prepositional phrase.

Words near behind the times in the dictionary

  1. behind the eight ball
  2. behind the eight-ball
  3. behind the eightball
  4. behind the scene
  5. behind the scenes
  6. behind the times
  7. behind the wheel
  8. behind the wire
  9. behind time
  10. behind-hand
  11. behind-the-scenes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: behind the times (page history and authors); behind the times (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); behind the times (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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