Meaning of behind the curve | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Out of date.
2. Not making the progress required.
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Examples

“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.”

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