1. present participle of backlog; accumulating tasks, orders, or work that have not yet been completed
Usage: commonly used in business and project management contexts

1. the act or process of creating or maintaining a backlog; the accumulation of unfinished work
Usage: used as a gerund in business and technical contexts

Examples

• The company is backlogging customer orders due to supply chain delays.
• Backlogging of maintenance tasks has become a serious problem in the facility.
• We are backlogging requests until the new team members are trained.
• The software development team is backlogging features for the next release cycle.
• Backlogging too many projects at once can overwhelm the workforce.
• They started backlogging invoices when the accounting department fell behind.