Laggard

/ˈlæɡəd/ · adjective

Meaning

Lagging behind; taking more time than the others in a group..

Definitions by Sense

1. Lagging behind; taking more time than the others in a group.
2. (animal husbandry) Not growing as quickly as the rest of the flock or herd.
3. One who lags behind; one who takes more time than is necessary or more than the others in a group.

Example Sentences

But come let's wing our Steps with utmost Speed, The swiftest Haste is laggard to the Deed.

O! drowsy wind of the drowsy west, Sleep, sleep, By your mountain steep, Or down where the prairie grasses sweep! Now fold in slumber your laggard wings, For soft is the song my paddle sings.

Between blinks Tommy saw Temple in the path, her body slender and motionless for a moment as though waiting for some laggard part to catch up.

[...] and we were twice slowed badly because of a laggard stock train ahead stowing itself away at Enfield Lock; [...].

A particularly robust intervention will be required if Ireland’s disbalance between Dublin’s primacy and its laggard provincial cities, is to be addressed.

The laggard broilers are euthanized and incinerated.

1733, William Havard, Scanderbeg: A Tragedy, London: J. Watts, Act II, Scene 4, p. 17, Blushing I look upon my poor Resolves, A Laggard in the Race, and faintly striving To follow Excellence that soars so high.

1891, Rudyard Kipling, Letters of Marque, New York & Boston: H.M. Caldwell, 1899, Chapter 12, p. 141, The State line, with the comparatively new branch to the Pachbadra salt-pits, pays handsomely, and is exactly suited to the needs of its users. True, there is a certain haziness as to the hour of starting, but this allows laggards more time, and fills the packed carriages to overflowing.

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• more laggard
• most laggard
• laggards

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