All in a bind synonyms

adj in a bind

• slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
• last-minute — the time just preceding a deadline or when some decisive action must be taken.
• sluggish — indisposed to action or exertion; lacking in energy; lazy; indolent: a sluggish disposition.
• delinquent — Someone, usually a young person, who is delinquent repeatedly commits minor crimes.
• backward — A backward movement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. Some people use backwards for this meaning.
• behind — If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.
• belated — A belated action happens later than it should have done.
• blown — Blown is the past participle of blow1.
• delayed — of or relating to a particle, as a neutron or alpha particle, that is emitted from an excited nucleus formed in a nuclear reaction, the emission occurring some time after the reaction is completed.
• dilatory — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
• gone — past participle of go1 .
• hung up — Slang: Vulgar. (of a male) having very large genitals.
• jammed — to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
• overdue — past due, as a delayed train or a bill not paid by the assigned date; late: two overdue library books.
• postponed — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
• put off — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
• remiss — negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.: He's terribly remiss in his work.
• strapped — needy; wanting: The company is rather strapped for funds.
• tardy — late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
• behindhand — If someone is behindhand, they have been delayed or have made less progress in their work than they or other people think they should.
• lagging — one of the staves or strips that form the periphery of a wooden drum, the casing of a steam cylinder, or the like.
• behind time — late
• out of luck — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
• stayed — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
• unpunctual — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
• laggard — a person or thing that lags; lingerer; loiterer.
• retarded — characterized by a slowness or limitation in intellectual understanding and awareness, emotional development, academic progress, etc.
• slack — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
• dawdling — proceeding at a slow pace
• loitering — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
• not done — improper, inappropriate
• procrastinating — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.