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“laggard”
A person or something that does not go or move as quickly as others: The auto company has been accused of being a laggard in developing new models.
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laggard (adjective), more laggard, most laggard
1. A reference to being reluctant and tending to get left behind: The laggard politicians couldn't get the budget put together.
2. Tending to waste time: Jim was a laggard student in that he rarely got his homework done on time because he was watching too much TV instead of doing the assignments that were given to him by his teachers.
2. Tending to waste time: Jim was a laggard student in that he rarely got his homework done on time because he was watching too much TV instead of doing the assignments that were given to him by his teachers.
Moving around or doing something very slowly without energy or in sluggish way. (1)
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