behind the curve

English

Prepositional phrase

behind the curve

1. Out of date.

   Antonym: ahead of the curve

   • 1997 March 9, Paul Krugman, “Does Getting Old Cost Society Too Much?”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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.

   • 2010 February 4, Alan Ohnsman with Yuki Hagiwara, “Toyota Plans Media Blitz as Stock Loses $21 Billion”, in BusinessWeek:

     Toyota used to be a company with foresight, always ready to take action, but now they have fallen very far behind the curve.

2. (US, military) Not making the progress required.

Translations

out of date

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ikke henge med i svingene (no), passé