Backlog
noun
An accumulation of things that need to be done or dealt with.
The team is working hard to clear a backlog of orders.
Often appears as...
- clear the backlog
- a backlog of orders
noun
A large log at the back of a fireplace.
He threw another small log on the fire and pushed it towards the backlog.
Often appears as...
- pushed it towards the backlog
- large backlog in the fireplace
noun
An accumulation of things that need to be done or dealt with.
The team is working hard to clear a backlog of orders.
Often appears as...
- clear the backlog
- a backlog of orders
noun
A large log at the back of a fireplace.
He threw another small log on the fire and pushed it towards the backlog.
Often appears as...
- pushed it towards the backlog
- large backlog in the fireplace
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Urgency Implied
Backlog often suggests tasks are delayed and urgent action is needed to catch up.
The company has a significant backlog of orders after the sale.
Pro Tip 2/3Stress and Pressure
When mentioning a backlog, it can imply stress for the person or team responsible.
The customer service team feels stressed due to the ticket backlog.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Backlog usually has a negative connotation, indicating a problem or inefficiency.
The project has a growing backlog due to underestimating the timeline.
Pro Tip 1/3Urgency Implied
Backlog often suggests tasks are delayed and urgent action is needed to catch up.
The company has a significant backlog of orders after the sale.
Pro Tip 2/3Stress and Pressure
When mentioning a backlog, it can imply stress for the person or team responsible.
The customer service team feels stressed due to the ticket backlog.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Backlog usually has a negative connotation, indicating a problem or inefficiency.
The project has a growing backlog due to underestimating the timeline.
Pro Tip 1/3Urgency Implied
Backlog often suggests tasks are delayed and urgent action is needed to catch up.
The company has a significant backlog of orders after the sale.
Pro Tip 2/3Stress and Pressure
When mentioning a backlog, it can imply stress for the person or team responsible.
The customer service team feels stressed due to the ticket backlog.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Backlog usually has a negative connotation, indicating a problem or inefficiency.
The project has a growing backlog due to underestimating the timeline.
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Roger Stein: A bold new...
Now the good news is, there's plenty of drugs that are waiting to be tested. We've been told that there's a backlog of about 20 years of drugs that are waiting to be tested but can't be funded. In fact, that early stage of the funding process, that Phase I and preclinical stuff,
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Edward Burtynsky:...
all the latest technologies and extrusion machines, and bringing all the components into play, but the assembly is where they're actually bringing in -- the country workers are very willing to work. They want to work. There's a massive backlog of people wanting their jobs.
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A wall won't solve...
and have proper food and health care. And if we're able to find a sponsor or family member, let's get them into that custody, while they're waiting for their immigration court case. That's the other issue here. When you have a backlog of cases --
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Amory Lovins: We must...
and profit-maximizing capitalists. And it's funny -- it feels a bit like this now for oil. We've been spending the last few decades accumulating a very powerful backlog of technologies for saving and substituting for oil,
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A vision for the future...
we have now provided teaching and learning materials, safe spaces for girls, and started implementing school feeding programs across the entire country. We have even paid backlogs of salaries for teachers.
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Second Burial PIPE National...
brothers get to work on the backlog of other clients bones first they clean the bones of dirt and flesh and reassemble the skeleton every phase of bone cleaning has a reason and meaning rooted in tradition
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A Safe Pathway to...
A court ordered the US government to process these backlog applications in a timely fashion, treating our clients' cases with the urgency that the situation warranted. Now, as you all well know,
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A 30-year history of the...
about what I'm doing next. And I put on a slide where TED 1 happened in my life. And it's rather important because I had done 15 years of research before it, so I had a backlog, so it was easy.
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Billy Samuel Mwape: An...
We've been blessed to have the knowledge before us and be able to practically apply it. Not all families with special needs children are as fortunate as we are. We still have backlog stories,
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Re-writing laws to help...
40 states have backlogs and untested kits a handful of states including Massachusetts don't notify the survivor when they permanently dispose of a kit no state has comprehensive civil rights
Video examples
Roger Stein: A bold new...
Now the good news is, there's plenty of drugs that are waiting to be tested. We've been told that there's a backlog of about 20 years of drugs that are waiting to be tested but can't be funded. In fact, that early stage of the funding process, that Phase I and preclinical stuff,
Video examples
Edward Burtynsky:...
all the latest technologies and extrusion machines, and bringing all the components into play, but the assembly is where they're actually bringing in -- the country workers are very willing to work. They want to work. There's a massive backlog of people wanting their jobs.
Video examples
A wall won't solve...
and have proper food and health care. And if we're able to find a sponsor or family member, let's get them into that custody, while they're waiting for their immigration court case. That's the other issue here. When you have a backlog of cases --
Video examples
Amory Lovins: We must...
and profit-maximizing capitalists. And it's funny -- it feels a bit like this now for oil. We've been spending the last few decades accumulating a very powerful backlog of technologies for saving and substituting for oil,
Video examples
A vision for the future...
we have now provided teaching and learning materials, safe spaces for girls, and started implementing school feeding programs across the entire country. We have even paid backlogs of salaries for teachers.
Video examples
Second Burial PIPE National...
brothers get to work on the backlog of other clients bones first they clean the bones of dirt and flesh and reassemble the skeleton every phase of bone cleaning has a reason and meaning rooted in tradition
Video examples
A Safe Pathway to...
A court ordered the US government to process these backlog applications in a timely fashion, treating our clients' cases with the urgency that the situation warranted. Now, as you all well know,
Video examples
A 30-year history of the...
about what I'm doing next. And I put on a slide where TED 1 happened in my life. And it's rather important because I had done 15 years of research before it, so I had a backlog, so it was easy.
Video examples
Billy Samuel Mwape: An...
We've been blessed to have the knowledge before us and be able to practically apply it. Not all families with special needs children are as fortunate as we are. We still have backlog stories,
Video examples
Re-writing laws to help...
40 states have backlogs and untested kits a handful of states including Massachusetts don't notify the survivor when they permanently dispose of a kit no state has comprehensive civil rights
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Kirstjen Nielsen
American Public Servant
Asylum is for people fleeing persecution, not those searching for a better job. Yet our broken system - with its debilitating court rulings, a crushing backlog, and gaping loopholes - allows illegal migrants to get into our country anyway and for whatever reason they want. This gaming of the system is unacceptable.
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Greg Berlanti
American Writer
Especially with DVRs nowadays, people have their roster. More and more, it's not just, 'I'll watch what's on at 9 P.M.' They have their backlog of the shows they always watch, that they record every week, and it's a matter of, how do you get into that list?
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Mike Braun
American Politician
I'm offering solutions to address rising healthcare prices by adding transparency to our drug pricing, clearing the backlog on pending drug applications at the FDA, and providing oversight and accountability within the healthcare industry.
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Jeremy Corbyn
British Politician
After only two or three weeks in office, we discovered we had a backlog of 100,000 emails sent to me. We had a backlog of a thousand invitations to speak at places all over the country - and all over the world, for that matter.
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Macaulay Culkin
American Actor
I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but I don't want to talk about it just yet because that would jinx it.
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Nick Cave
Australian Musician
One of my big fears is drying up, and the more I create, the more I feel myself shrinking beneath the backlog of work I've done.
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Ron White
American Comedian
There's no backlog of people we can fire for no reason and act as if they don't exist.
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Erik Larson
American Author
I envy other writers who claim to have a backlog of books they'd like to write.
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Duncan Sheik
American Musician
Things come to me pretty regularly. There is never a shortage or a backlog.
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Benh Zeitlin
American Director
I always have a backlog of like seven movies that I want to make.
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Kirstjen Nielsen
American Public Servant
Asylum is for people fleeing persecution, not those searching for a better job. Yet our broken system - with its debilitating court rulings, a crushing backlog, and gaping loopholes - allows illegal migrants to get into our country anyway and for whatever reason they want. This gaming of the system is unacceptable.
Quote examples
Greg Berlanti
American Writer
Especially with DVRs nowadays, people have their roster. More and more, it's not just, 'I'll watch what's on at 9 P.M.' They have their backlog of the shows they always watch, that they record every week, and it's a matter of, how do you get into that list?
Quote examples
Mike Braun
American Politician
I'm offering solutions to address rising healthcare prices by adding transparency to our drug pricing, clearing the backlog on pending drug applications at the FDA, and providing oversight and accountability within the healthcare industry.
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Jeremy Corbyn
British Politician
After only two or three weeks in office, we discovered we had a backlog of 100,000 emails sent to me. We had a backlog of a thousand invitations to speak at places all over the country - and all over the world, for that matter.
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Macaulay Culkin
American Actor
I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but I don't want to talk about it just yet because that would jinx it.
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Nick Cave
Australian Musician
One of my big fears is drying up, and the more I create, the more I feel myself shrinking beneath the backlog of work I've done.
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Ron White
American Comedian
There's no backlog of people we can fire for no reason and act as if they don't exist.
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Erik Larson
American Author
I envy other writers who claim to have a backlog of books they'd like to write.
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Duncan Sheik
American Musician
Things come to me pretty regularly. There is never a shortage or a backlog.
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Benh Zeitlin
American Director
I always have a backlog of like seven movies that I want to make.
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