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    laggard
    /ˈlaɡəd/

    noun

    • 1. a person who makes slow progress and falls behind others: "staff were under enormous pressure and there was no time for laggards"

    adjective

    • 1. slower than desired or expected: "a bell to summon laggard children to school"

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  2. a company, organization, etc. that does something later, or improves less quickly, than others: Mexico, long a laggard in financial reform, is at last putting its banks in order. Steel companies are still considered laggards compared to high-tech manufacturers. MARKETING.

  3. The meaning of LAGGARD is lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind. How to use laggard in a sentence.

  4. a company, organization, etc. that does something later, or improves less quickly, than others: Mexico, long a laggard in financial reform, is at last putting its banks in order. Steel companies are still considered laggards compared to high-tech manufacturers. MARKETING. someone who buys a product at a much later date than most people:

  5. Laggard definition: a person or thing that lags; lingerer; loiterer.. See examples of LAGGARD used in a sentence.

  6. If you describe a country, company, or product as a laggard, you mean that it is not performing as well as its competitors.

  7. Define laggard. laggard synonyms, laggard pronunciation, laggard translation, English dictionary definition of laggard. n. One that lags; a straggler. adj. Slow or delayed in action.

  8. Definition of laggard noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  9. noun. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind. synonyms: dawdler, drone, lagger, poke, trailer. see more. adjective. wasting time. synonyms: dilatory, pokey, poky. slow. not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Laggard."

  10. Jun 2, 2024 · laggard (plural laggards) One who lags behind; one who takes more time than is necessary or than the others in a group.

  11. laggard meaning, definition, what is laggard: someone or something that is very slow o...: Learn more.