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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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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 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.
laggard. (lægəʳd ) Word forms: laggards. countable noun. If you describe a country, company, or product as a laggard, you mean that it is not performing as well as its competitors. The company has developed a reputation as a technological laggard.
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.
What a bunch of laggards! Definitions of laggard. 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.
Noun. One who lags behind; a lingerer, loiterer. Earlier version. laggard, a. and n. in OED Second Edition (1989) adjective. 1702–. Lagging, hanging back, loitering, slow. Chiefly of living things, their actions, and attributes. Occasionally of days, time, etc. 1702. Tho' Laggard in the Race..I will pursue the shining Path thou tread'st.
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.
