laggard (noun)

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• laggard — ► NOUN ▪ a person who falls behind others. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ slower than desired or expected. DERIVATIVES laggardly adjective & adverb. ORIGIN from LAG(Cf. ↑lag) …   English terms dictionary

• laggard — lag‧gard [ˈlægəd ǁ ərd] noun [countable] COMMERCE a company, country etc that is not developing as quickly or doing as well as others: • The companies were split into three groups: top performers, average firms and laggards. laggard adjective * * …   Financial and business terms

• laggard — 1702 (adj.), from LAG (Cf. lag) (v.) + ARD (Cf. ard). From 1757 as a noun …   Etymology dictionary

• laggard — noun (C) old fashioned someone or something that is very slow or late laggardly adjective …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• laggard — noun there ll be no laggards on my watch, Mr. Tyler Syn: straggler, loiterer, lingerer, dawdler, sluggard, snail, idler, loafer; informal lazybones, slacker, slowpoke, foot dragger …   Thesaurus of popular words

• laggard — UK [ˈlæɡə(r)d] / US [ˈlæɡərd] noun [countable] Word forms laggard : singular laggard plural laggards old fashioned a person or organization that is slow to do something or slow to make progress Derived word: laggard UK / US adjective …   English dictionary

• laggard — 1. adjective /ˈlaɡəd/ Hanging back; loitering. But come lets wing our Steps with utmost Speed,The swiftest Haste is laggard to the Deed. 2. noun /ˈlaɡəd/ Someone who lags behind; someone who takes more time than is necessary …   Wiktionary

• laggard — I. adjective Date: 1702 lagging or tending to lag ; dilatory • laggardly adverb or adjective • laggardness noun II. noun Date: 1705 one that lags or lingers …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• laggard — [ lagəd] noun a person who falls behind others. adjective slower than desired or expected. Derivatives laggardly adjective & adverb laggardness noun Origin C18 (as adjective): from lag1 …   English new terms dictionary

• laggard — /ˈlægəd / (say laguhd) adjective 1. lagging; backward; slow. –noun 2. someone who lags; lingerer. {lag1 + g + ard} –laggardly, adverb –laggardness, noun …  

• laggard — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. lingerer, loiterer (see slowness). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. loiterer, straggler, slowpoke, dawdler, loafer, slouch. III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. straggler, slowpoke, dawdler, lagger, dallier,… …   English dictionary for students