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laggy

laggy

1 5.5
Slow to respond because the device or connection has delays
  • adjective
  • /ˈlæɡi/
  • Slang
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  • It's not laggy because of the game; it's laggy because of the people that join with poor connections.

The biggest issues right now are windows being laggy.

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Examples

  • The video stream became laggy when too many people joined the call.

  • Too many people, laggy performance, and usability issues galore.

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  • Running Android, you have to have lots of power to get through the laggy software.

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  • Calls reach the recipient faster, the user interface is less "laggy," and the video quality is relatively the best.

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  • And it gets extremely laggy on heavier flash apps.

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  • It's laggy; I don't know if it is the OS or the hardware.

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  • Although Painter 12 is a bit laggy for my 4GB RAM laptop.

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  • But Lightroom 4.1 is still much slower and laggy than 3.6 and eats up memory.

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  • The whole UI is also astonishingly slow and laggy, which makes little sense on such a low-res system.

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  • Cloud-based processing is laggy and troublesome still due to bandwidth issues, and network upgrades slowing lately aren't going to help.

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Synonyms

slow
vslaggy
∞ 1.0

Moving or happening at a low speed

focuses on electronic equipment response delays rather than general low speed
slow to respond
vslaggy
3 3.5

Takes a long time to answer messages or questions

describes electronic items or software that show those long delays
pokey
vslaggy
  • Informal
1 8.4

A person or thing that moves slowly and makes people wait

applies to devices or programs that cause user-visible delays rather than people
laggardly
vslaggy
8.1

In a slow way that makes tasks finish late

is used for electronic items and software showing noticeable response delays

Antonyms

efficient
424 3.0

Able to do tasks well and quickly without wasting time or energy

responsive
61 4.0

React quickly and helpfully to people and things

How Slow

unresponsive
20 4.7
laggy
  • Slang
1 5.5
sluggish
30 3.9
slow
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

laggy positive

Morphology

laggy = lag (transparent) = lag + y

The suffix '-y' is commonly used to form adjectives indicating a characteristic, making the meaning of 'laggy' clear as 'characterized by lag'.

Etymology

Laggy comes from the simple word lag, which means 'to fall behind' or a 'delay'. So when a device or game is laggy, it has a delay and is slow to respond.