missed deadline
Failed to deliver
A missed deadline is a due date that has passed without the required work being completed or delivered.
The phrase emphasizes failure rather than mere lateness—you don't just have a late project, you have a missed deadline on your record.
The missed deadline cost us the contract.
In professional contexts, missed deadlines carry implications of unreliability or poor planning.
- lateNot on time
- overduePast expected arrival
- behind scheduleNot on time
- delayEnforced waiting period
- procrastinationHabitual task avoidance
last minute · panic · crunch time · time crunch · extension · extension request · crunch · rush · all nighter · excuse · drop the ball · failure · stress · apologize · scramble · behind · incomplete · unfinished
- career mistakesburning bridges, job hopping, bad reference, blaming others, bad attitude
- work problemslayoff, firing, low pay, burnout, job loss
- unfinished obligationsunfinished business, overdue payment
- scheduling errorsdouble booking, overbooking, wrong time, wrong date, overlap
- timing problemsdelay, lag, timeout, late arrival, late start
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
missed deadlineon-time delivery
Goods arriving as scheduled
early delivery · ahead of schedule · beat the deadline · on schedule
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