Laggard

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  • noun. One that lags; a straggler.
  • adjective. Slow or delayed in action. synonym: slow.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Slow; sluggish; backward.
  • noun. One who lags; a loiterer; a lazy, slack fellow.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Slow; sluggish; backward.
  • noun. One who lags; a loiterer.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Hanging back; loitering.
  • noun. One who lags behind and takes more time than is necessary.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
  • adjective. wasting time
    • Word Usage
    "He was classified as a laggard on my innovativeness scale because he had not adopted any of the dozen agricultural innovations recommended by agricultural experts."
    Equivalent
    slow  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Haggard  haggard  staggered  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    believ  bungler  expound  falter  heavy-booted  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Micawberish  apathetic  backward  backward  balking  
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