laggard
a person or thing that lags; lingerer; loiterer.
Origin of laggard
1Other words from laggard
- lag·gard·ness, noun
Words Nearby laggard
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How to use laggard in a sentence
Others attempted the shift to digital, while the laggards seemed to simply hope the world would snap back to physical interactions on the other side of Covid-19.
‘Shift to digital’: Changes to the business marketers and agency execs expect to continue long after 2020 | Kristina Monllos | December 15, 2020 | DigidayAccording to Goldman Sachs, the cash-rich FAAMG quintet have a sizable edge in Capex and R&D spending, suggesting they’re sinking big sums into longterm bets while the laggards pull back.
Debate night was a tamer affair, as are stock markets today | Bernhard Warner | October 23, 2020 | FortuneIn January, Tesla joined a pool formed by industry laggard FCA, which has among the highest emissions per vehicle in the EU.
Tesla’s biggest profit center is dangerously close to running out of power | Shawn Tully | September 30, 2020 | FortuneThey, like the country they call home, are laggards on climate.
On climate change, oil and gas companies have a long way to go | David Roberts | September 25, 2020 | VoxApple also remains a laggard in artificial intelligence, particularly in the increasingly important market for voice-activated digital assistants.
Apple CEO Tim Cook is fulfilling another Steve Jobs vision | Rachel Schallom | August 24, 2020 | Fortune
The U.K. originally hung back from embracing such policies, and as a result was a laggard in developing a solar industry.
He did not succeed, for memory was laggard, or his imagination was playing him a trick.
The Range Boss | Charles Alden SeltzerHe was always first in the playground and last in class; a leader in mischief, a laggard in study.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events | S. Baring-GouldAs a general thing the herd crowds toward the leaders, and the laggard brings up the rear alone.
Emmy Lou | George Madden MartinFrank was first on hand, as usual, but even laggard Will showed up on time, camera and all.
The Outdoor Chums After Big Game | Captain Quincy AllenHow is it that the humble mill yonder, whose laggard wheel scarce stirs the water, seems to him like some old familiar thing.
Gerald Fitzgerald | Charles James Lever
British Dictionary definitions for laggard
/ (ˈlæɡəd) /
a person who lags behind
a dawdler or straggler
rare sluggish, slow, or dawdling
Derived forms of laggard
- laggardly, adverb
- laggardness, noun
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