backlog
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- noun
- /ˈbækˌlɔɡ/
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trabajo pendiente
- Dean spent the remainder of the afternoon trying to catch up with his backlog of work.
- clear the backlog
- reduce the backlog
- eliminate the backlog
And so now we're having this giant backlog and this thing fills up fast.
- And so now we're having this giant backlog and this thing fills up fast.
- And so therefore they have a backlog of trauma that they've never dealt with.
- I mean, that's just a half a trillion dollar backlog.
- Artefacts is what it's called the product backlog, the Sprint backlog, the task list and a Scrum board.
- So there's a backlog apparently, Yeah, yeah.
- So we've, we need a backlog and the Hurricanes wiped out our backlog.
- So there's just this massive backlog of sex Ed resources for us all.
- And therefore, in replacing some of those Transformers that have been damaged, it's increasing the backlog for Transformers.
- And should I include the books that I haul in here or do we focus on the backlog?
Examples
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Cafcass struggled to meet the increasing demand, and backlogs began to mount.
Academic text (2010) -
There was always a backlog of file requests, and dealing with the usual paperwork could take weeks.
Fiction book (1995) -
So they have a big backlog of, of product I think that they have yet to put out.
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And there was such a backlog they forgot all about it.
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Since then, the backlog has increased by a factor of 2.5.
Academic text (2010) -
Will his plan clear the NHS waiting list backlog by the end of this Parliament?
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There is a huge backlog of people left in in limbo.
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There's quite a bit of a backlog of orders for this because it's in such high demand.
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The Innocence Project has a backlog of several hundred cases, so I must caution that it will be at least 18 months before we can begin to evaluate your brother's case.
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The restaurant is struggling to catch up with the backlog of orders after its reopening.
Synonyms
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3.7
Work or tasks that are not finished and need attention
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Morphology
Etymology
Backlog comes from putting a large log 'at the back' of a fireplace to keep the fire burning for a long time. Because that log was something kept for later, people began to use backlog for any pile that had built up, so today a backlog is a pile of work or orders that need to be dealt with.