the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [adjective] > advanced towards completion > not (5)
In a state of backwardness, less advanced than others (in); ill provided or prepared (with).
Backward, behindhand. Perhaps also adverbial.
Not advanced or promoted; not pushed forward.
Behindhand in respect of time or progress, late.
Backward in development or progress.