flagging

¹

[flag-ing]

adjective

1. becoming smaller or weaker; dwindling.

2. weak, fatigued, or drooping.

flagging

²

[flag-ing]

noun

1. flagstones collectively.

2. a pavement or walk of flagstones.

flagging

/ ˈflæɡɪŋ /

noun

1. flagstones or a flagged area

Other Word Forms

• flaggingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of flagging¹

First recorded in 1535–45; flag ³ + -ing ²

Origin of flagging²

First recorded in 1615–25; flag ⁴ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Remote monitoring and wearable sensors will collect data continuously, flagging health problems before symptoms appear.

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Jenrick's speech comes on the third day of the party's conference in Manchester, where the Conservatives have faced questions about their flagging poll ratings and their direction of travel under the leadership of Kemi Badenoch.

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The reports provides two examples of fire department staff flagging that the fire may be burning west more than an hour before evacuations alerts went out for west Altadena.

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It comes after the coffee chain announced in February it was axing 1,100 jobs and simplifying its US menu to help flagging sales in its home market.

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He said Larson was fired not for flagging concerns, but because of “misconduct, arrogance, communication style problems, and performance problems.”

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Related Words

• dwindling www.thesaurus.com
• fading 
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• slumping www.thesaurus.com
• waning 
• weakening www.thesaurus.com