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- Dictionarylaggard/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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: someone or something that lags or lingers : someone or something that is slow especially compared to others of the same kind. A few laggards slowed down the pace of the hike. The company has been accused of being a laggard in adopting new technology.
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.
a person or thing that lags; lingerer; loiterer. adjective. moving, developing, or responding slowly; sluggish; dilatory; backward. laggard. / ˈlæɡəd / noun. a person who lags behind. a dawdler or straggler.
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:
noun. 1. a person who lags behind. 2. a dawdler or straggler. adjective. 3. rare. sluggish, slow, or dawdling.
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."
Define laggards. laggards synonyms, laggards pronunciation, laggards translation, English dictionary definition of laggards. n. One that lags; a straggler. adj. Slow or delayed in action.
