Verb
lag behind (third-person singular simple present lags behind, present participle lagging behind, simple past and past participle lagged behind)
(transitive or intransitive) To fail to keep pace; to fail to keep up with one's peers; to achieve or impress less than one's peers; to move more slowly than one's peers.
Liam was lagging behind in the race.
The point is, your request for a lawyer comes about two hundred years too late to be meaningful. The verbalisms lag behind the facts. Nevertheless, you shall have a lawyer-or a lollipop, whichever you prefer, after I am through questioning you. If I were you, I'd take the lollipop. More nourishing. Robert A. Heinlein
In economics the tendency of theory to lag behind observation seems to be endemic, and, as theorists, few of us consider this to be a "terrible state." But as noted by Lakatos (1978, p. 6), "where theory lags behind the facts, we are dealing with miserable degenerating research programmes." Vernon L. Smith
Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward. Valentina Tereshkova
Our educational results lag behind other states, and other nations, but worse still, behind the potential of the kids and the devoted teachers in our classrooms. Mitch Daniels
Although Sweden’s figures lag behind the UK’s – to date, 6,433 cases and 373 deaths have been reported by health officials – the country is believed to be a number of weeks behind on the virus curve. Source: Internet
Although rural areas have been the focus of great development, they still lag behind areas such as the West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. citation The telecommunication network, although strong in urban areas, is less available to the rural population. Source: Internet