Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Loiteringly; lazily; sluggishly.
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- adjective Resembling a
laggard ; slow; taking more time than is necessary;lagging behind - adverb In the manner of a
laggard .
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Examples
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"But the country's attitude is very relevant to whether we're gonna - and when we do come out of this - we are seeing signs that we're coming out of the recession right now - as we come out of that recession, do we come out kind of laggardly and kind of just a slow bump which is what people are saying right now.
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"But the country's attitude is very relevant to whether we're gonna - and when we do come out of this - we are seeing signs that we're coming out of the recession right now - as we come out of that recession, do we come out kind of laggardly and kind of just a slow bump which is what people are saying right now.
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"But the country's attitude is very relevant to whether we're gonna - and when we do come out of this - we are seeing signs that we're coming out of the recession right now - as we come out of that recession, do we come out kind of laggardly and kind of just a slow bump which is what people are saying right now.
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"But the country's attitude is very relevant to whether we're gonna - and when we do come out of this - we are seeing signs that we're coming out of the recession right now - as we come out of that recession, do we come out kind of laggardly and kind of just a slow bump which is what people are saying right now.
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An especially laggardly passage is set at a secret CIA installation, where too many mutants temporarily spoil the froth.
Surprise: A Newly Exhilarating 'X-Men' Joe Morgenstern 2011
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That American postmodernists might seem laggardly in their capacity for game-playing and their delight in "incongruity" when compared to a Georges Perec or a Raymond Queneau would no doubt strike certain no-nonsence American readers and critics as outlandish.
Art and Culture 2010
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The FEC's often laggardly pace is illustrated by many of the cases outlined in the lawsuit.
Group sues Federal Election Commission, saying its slow response limits appeals 2010
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The FEC's often laggardly pace is illustrated by many of the cases outlined in the lawsuit.
Group sues Federal Election Commission, saying its slow response limits appeals 2010
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But then there's that laggardly 15 percent that expect to be in the stores until at least Christmas Eve.
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AWEA then embraced this as a goal, but with a laggardly 2030 timeline.
Tom Weis: Leading the World's Green Industrial Revolution Tom Weis 2010
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