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Laggard

Laggard Meaning & Definition
Laggard Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Laggard?

[n] someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
[adj] wasting time
[adj] inclined to waste time and lag behind

Synonyms | Synonyms for Laggard: dawdler | dawdling | dilatory | drone | lagger | pokey | poky | slow | trailer | unpunctual

Related Terms | Find terms related to Laggard: apathetic | backward | balking | balky | bone-lazy | cadging | clock watcher | comatose | dallier | dallying | dawdle | dawdler | delaying | deliberate | diddler | dilatory | dillydallier | dillydallying | doless | dolittle | do-nothing | doodler | drone | dronish | drony | easy | easygoing | ergophobic | faineant | foot-dragger | foot-dragging | gentleman of leisure | goldbrick | goldbricker | good-for-nothing | goof-off | grudging | idler | impassive | indifferent | indolent | lackadaisical | lagging | lax | lazy | lazybones | leisurely | lethargic | lie-abed | lingerer | lingering | loafer | loath | loiterer | loitering | loller | lotus-eater | lounger | lubber | Micawberish | mope | moper | nonaggressive | parasitic | perfunctory | phlegmatic | plodder | potterer | procrastinating | procrastinative | procrastinator | procrastinatory | putterer | reluctant | remiss | renitent | restive | scrounging | shiftless | shuffling | slack | sleepyhead | slothful | slouch | sloucher | slow | slow goer | slow to | slowbelly | slow-foot | slowpoke | slug | sluggard | sluggish | snail | sponging | stick-in-the-mud | straggler | time killer | time waster | tortoise | trifler | unenterprising | unenthusiastic | unhasty | unhurried | unzealous | waiter on Providence | work-shy

See Also | bum | do-nothing | idler | layabout | lingerer | loafer | loiterer | plodder | potterer | putterer | slowcoach | slowpoke | stick-in-the-mud | straggler | strayer

Laggard In Webster's Dictionary

\Lag"gard\, a. [Lag + -ard.] Slow; sluggish; backward.
\Lag"gard\, n. One who lags; a loiterer.

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