Synonyms for backlog
ˈbækˌlɔg, -ˌlɒgback·log

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1. backlognoun

   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)

   Synonyms:
   stockpile, reserve

2. backlognoun

   the large log at the back of a hearth fire

   Synonyms:
   stockpile, reserve

3. reserve, backlog, stockpileverb

   something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose

   Synonyms:
   stockpile, second-stringer, taciturnity, reservation, modesty, reserve, military reserve, reticence, substitute

4. backlogverb

   accumulate and create a backlog

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1. • Accumulate
   • Collection
   • Firewood

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1. List of paraphrases for "backlog":

   arrears, accumulation, delay, rollup, backwardness, build-up, backward, backfile, overhang

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1. Wendy Feliz:

   The immigration courts are so underfunded, and that is why there is such a terrible backlog, [Judge positions] go unfilled, and even if they were filled, they still wouldn’t be sufficient.

2. Chief Executive Greg Hayes:

   Clearly everybody's worried about the elections here in the U.S., but there's not much impact for the year as far as I can tell, longer-term, that may be a different story. But really it's just global uncertainty, it's what's going on in the marketplace, it's the global war on terror, all of those things can be disruptive. Although it's nice to have a long cycle business with a big backlog.

3. Willy Pell:

   Because we're now giving the grower an order of magnitude reduction in the amount of herbicide they're using, all of a sudden these more expensive, exotic herbicides are now in play again, they've actually devoted resources to looking through their backlog, kind of cutting room floor, and rethinking these different materials with our machine in mind.

4. Marcel Van Poecke:

   We are building up a backlog which will hit us in three to four years and then we will see exactly the opposite, not enough production because demand is going up every year.

5. Bob Carlson:

   Immigration courts, which have no current funding and are already dealing with an 800,000-case backlog, have canceled more than 42,000 hearings, forcing people who have waited years for justice to wait even longer.