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Backlog   Listen
noun
Backlog  n.  
1.
A large stick of wood, forming the back of a fire on the hearth. Contrasted to forestick. (U.S.) "There was first a backlog, from fifteen to four and twenty inches in diameter and five feet long, imbedded in the ashes."
2.
An accumulation (of tasks or of materials) that were not performed or processed at the normal time and require attention; as, unexpected demand led to a large backlog of unfilled orders; politically motivated delays led to a large backlog of unconfirmed judicial appointments.





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"Backlog" Quotes from Famous Books



... pressure we must look forward to the time when this extraordinary demand will subside. It will be years before we catch up with the demand for housing. The extraordinary demand for other durable goods, for the replenishment of inventories, and for exports may be satisfied earlier. No backlog of demand can exist very long in the face of our tremendous productive capacity. We must expect again to face the problem of shrinking demand and consequent slackening in sales, production, and employment. This possibility ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various


Words linked to "Backlog" :   fuel level, collection, aggregation, conglomerate, cumulate, assemblage, reserve fund, gather, accumulate, firewood


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