laggard
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7.9
- adjective
- /ˈlæɡərd/
:
rezagado
Examples
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You have to be less laggard at your chores.
Fiction book (1993) -
But there is one sport that, in comparison, is woefully laggard: football.
Blog text (15) -
He continued: "My fear is that if the U.S. is so laggard in greenhouse gas regulation that we will be buying technologies from abroad rather than selling them, as
Blog text (6) -
Next, Joe and Mika flirted with CBS about taking over the network's perennially laggard morning slot.
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The laggard student fell behind the rest of the class in completing his assignments.
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Her laggard response to the urgent issue frustrated the team, who had been waiting for her input.
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Due to his laggard approach to deadlines, he often missed turning in his work on time.
Synonyms
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7.6
A person who works slowly and avoids effort
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4.6
A person who often puts off work until the last minute
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6.8
A person who does things more slowly than other people
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8.1
A person who falls behind others because they are slower
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8.6
A person who moves slowly and falls behind others
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8.4
A person who takes a long time to do things and makes others wait
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7.1
A person who moves slowly and wastes time
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9.5
A person who wastes time and does not make decisions or take action
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7.4
A person who often waits until the last minute to do things
A person who wastes time by being slow to act or decide
A person who delays decisions and wastes time
A person who often delays doing things or making decisions
A person who moves forward very slowly, one small step at a time
Antonyms
How Slow
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The adjective laggard comes from the same verb lag ('to fall behind'), so calling someone or something laggard means it is slower or late compared with others.