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US
/ˈbæˌkɫɑɡ, ˈbæˌkɫɔɡ/
]
[ UK /bˈæklɒɡ/ ]
[ UK /bˈæklɒɡ/ ]
NOUN
- an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)
- the large log at the back of a hearth fire
- something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
VERB
- accumulate and create a backlog
How To Use backlog In A Sentence
- His criticism was over the failure to deport foreign citizens after they had served a jail sentence and the backlog of failed asylum cases. Times, Sunday Times
- Extra staff brought in to clear the backlog should be kept on until a thorough review is made.
- Otherwise Arsenal will face a messy backlog of games. The Sun
- Firm backlog rose to $ 19. 64 million on Dec. 31 from $ 17. 5 billion a year earlier.
- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which grants patents, acknowledged a backlog of 700, 000 applications and an average decision wait time of close to three years.
- The Home Office admitted that the agency had a poor record of delivery and made little attempt to defend the way the backlog had been tackled. Times, Sunday Times
- His criticism was over the failure to deport foreign citizens after they had served a jail sentence and the backlog of failed asylum cases. Times, Sunday Times
- In the company's travel and tourism division, for instance, this has resulted in employees accumulating an overtime backlog of more than 100 hours.
- I dealt with the mail backlog before 11 am and then had to occupy myself for the rest of the day.
- Samsung Heavy Industries is the world's second-largest shipbuilder by order backlog as of March, after Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Samsung Not in Talks to Buy Pipavav Stake