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laggard
[
lag
-erd
]
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Origin
lag·gard
/
ˈlæg
ərd
/
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[
lag
-erd
]
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noun
1.
a person or thing that
lags
;
lingerer; loiterer.
adjective
2.
moving, developing, or responding slowly; sluggish; dilatory; backward.
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Origin:
1695–1705;
lag
1
+
-ard
Related forms
lag·gard·ness,
noun
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Example Sentences
The software business has been the
laggard
of the three until recently.
America has long been a
laggard
in the fight against global warming.
It once more finds itself surrounded by doubt and dismissed as a
laggard
.
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The software business has been the
laggard
of the three until recently.
America has long been a
laggard
in the fight against global warming.
It once more finds itself surrounded by doubt and dismissed as a
laggard
.
Its economy is in the doldrums, the
laggard
of the euro area.
But for employees of the biggest
laggard
in finance, there's always hope.
They also ask whether regulation slows the rate at which
laggard
countries close the gap between themselves and the leaders.
For so long a
laggard
in the euro area, its economy is now growing faster than the regional average.
Business has to some degree been a
laggard
in this process.
It will be novel, combining advance technology with
laggard
infrastructure.
He has whipped out education data to justify extending mayoral control, reward star employees and close
laggard
schools.
Except for a
laggard
quality in the ballet movements, it moves with a mettlesome step.
America may have led with trading, but it has been a
laggard
in other market reforms.
In this case, being a
laggard
adopter will serve me well.
Bowe was known as a
laggard
in the amateur ranks, a big, bruising belter who softened when anyone stood up to him.
Andropov had come to power determined to shake up the bureaucracy, discipline workers and jar the
laggard
economy into action.
But the company is saddled with an awful public image as the perennial
laggard
.
Some
laggard
attacks suggested that a certain weariness might be setting.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
laggard
(ˈlæɡəd)
—
n
1.
a person who lags behind
2.
a dawdler or straggler
—
adj
3.
rare
sluggish, slow, or dawdling
'laggardly
—
adv
'laggardness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
laggard
1702, from
lag
(v.) +
-ard
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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