Definition of hindmost in English:

adjective

• Furthest back.

  ‘the hindmost attendant’

  More example sentences

  • ‘With a large mouth the hindmost part of the mouth is slightly to the rear of the eye.’
  • ‘The final event was the elimination race commonly known as ‘devil takes the hindmost.’’
  • ‘In one scene, we can see the absent characters from the knees down behind the hindmost wall, while others, unfortunately fully visible, perform in front.’
  • ‘Perhaps the kitchen here is so focused on elaborate concepts and presentation that important basics are hindmost.’
  • ‘Predictably, they went for the latter with what is now the ten metres back restriction at the lineout and the hindmost foot offside law.’
  • ‘But then, in the end, wasn't all life just another kind of probationary death sentence, with the devil taking the hindmost?’
  • ‘So far flung from the guard of authority, it is in the hindmost district of the universe.’
  • ‘What was once the hindmost part of each cylinder thus becomes the forward-facing tip.’
  • ‘While Krebs walked forward to take the offered copilot's seat, the Leader chose the three hindmost seats and motioned Bormann to follow him.’

  Synonyms

  furthest back, last, rear, rearmost, end, endmost, final, tail, aftermost, nearest the rear, at the end, furthest behind

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