Backlogged
a reserve or accumulation, as of stock, work, or business:
a backlog of business orders.
a large log at the back of a hearth to keep up a fire.
Compare forestick.
to hold in reserve, as for future handling or repair.
to enter and acknowledge (an order) for future shipment.
to accumulate in a backlog:
Orders are starting to backlog faster than we can process them.
Contemporary Examples
Federal courthouses are backlogged and stuffed to the gills as it is.
The Biggest Lie of All Michael Tomasky August 29, 2012
After 9/11, applications surged and backlogged processing for at times up to a year.
How Did He Get Clearance? Miranda Green June 12, 2013
Meanwhile, the total number of backlogged cases actually grew.
Supreme Court Immigration Ruling in Arizona v. U.S. Got It Backward Robert M. Morgenthau July 10, 2012
Over 1,000 Iraqis were backlogged – waiting for months or even years, stuck in various stages of the process.
Obama Went to War to Save Them, But They Can’t Get U.S. Visas Christine van den Toorn, Sherizaan Minwalla September 27, 2014
noun
an accumulation of uncompleted work, unsold stock, etc, to be dealt with
(mainly US & Canadian) a large log at the back of a fireplace
n.
1680s, “large log placed at the back of a fire,” from back (adj.) + log (n.1). Figurative sense of “something stored up for later use” is first attested 1883, but this and the meaning “arrears of unfulfilled orders” (1932) might be from, or suggested by, log (n.2).
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