laggard
11laggard — 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 …
12laggard — [[t]læ̱gə(r)d[/t]] laggards N COUNT If you describe a country, company, or product as a laggard, you mean that it is not performing as well as its competitors. The company has developed a reputation as a technological laggard in the personal… …
13laggard — 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 …
14laggard — n. Loiterer, lingerer, idler, laggard, saunterer …
15Laggard Island — Infobox Islands name = Laggard Island image caption = locator native name = native name link = location = Palmer Archipelago coordinates = coord|64|49|S|64|02|W| archipelago = total islands = major islands = area = highest mount = elevation =… …
16laggard — 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 …
17laggard — laggardness, n. /lag euhrd/, n. 1. a person or thing that lags; lingerer; loiterer. adj. 2. moving, developing, or responding slowly; sluggish; dilatory; backward. [1695 1705; LAG1 + ARD] * * * …
18laggard — Synonyms and related words: Micawberish, apathetic, backward, balking, balky, bone lazy, cadging, clock watcher, comatose, dallier, dallying, dawdle, dawdler, delaying, deliberate, diddler, dilatory, dillydallier, dillydallying, do nothing,… …
19laggard — 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,… …
20laggard — lag|gard [ˈlægəd US ərd] n old fashioned [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: LAG1] someone or something that is very slow or late >laggardly adj …
