backlog
noun /ˈbæklɒɡ/
/ˈbæklɔːɡ/
- a quantity of work that should have been done already, but has not yet been done
- When she eventually returned to work, there was a tremendous backlog of paperwork to catch up on.
- We are faced with a backlog of orders we can’t deal with.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- huge
- large
- …
- be faced with
- have
- catch up on
- …
- build up