Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that lags; a straggler.
- adjective Slow or delayed in action. synonym: slow.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Slow; sluggish; backward.
- noun One who lags; a loiterer; a lazy, slack fellow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Slow; sluggish; backward.
- noun One who lags; a loiterer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Hanging back;
loitering . - noun One who
lags behind and takes moretime than isnecessary .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
- adjective wasting time
Etymologies
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Examples
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He was classified as a laggard on my innovativeness scale because he had not adopted any of the dozen agricultural innovations recommended by agricultural experts.
Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 2003
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He was classified as a laggard on my innovativeness scale because he had not adopted any of the dozen agricultural innovations recommended by agricultural experts.
Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 2003
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A laggard was the business-jet segment, whose earnings dropped 39% on flat revenue.
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Another laggard was the Department of Defense, which was among a group of five agencies that only met or surpassed one of its five targets.
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The point of reference for the laggard is the past.
Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 1995
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The point of reference for the laggard is the past.
Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 2003
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The point of reference for the laggard is the past.
Diffusion of Innovations Everett M. Rogers 2003
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If the people about you are carrying on their business or their benevolence at a pace which drains the life out of you, resolutely take a slower pace; be called a laggard, make less money, accomplish less work than they, but be what you were meant to be and can be.
Daily Strength for Daily Needs Mary W. Tileston
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And if the laggard is a man, they imitate the cry with which they call a he-goat; if a woman, the cry with which they call a she-goat.
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And if the laggard is a man, they imitate the cry with which they call a he-goat; if a woman, the cry with which they call a she-goat.
Chapter 48. The Corn-Spirit as an Animal. § 6. The Corn-spirit as a Goat 1922
brtom commented on the word laggard
He stood in the porch and watched the laggard hurry towards the scrappy field where sharp voices were in strife.
Joyce, Ulysses, 2
December 29, 2006