flagging

adjective

flag·​ging ˈfla-giŋ 

 also  ˈflā-

1

: languid, weak

2

: becoming progressively less : dwindling

flaggingly adverb

Examples of flagging in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Season Two premiere, for instance, finds Sylvia — who quit her flagging legal career in the first season and decided to try event planning(*) — managing the engagement party for Will and his boss/fiancée Jenna (Rachel Rosenbloom). —Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025

Fed’s dilemma: inflation, growth, and political pressure This squeeze comes at a time when the Federal Reserve is under immense political pressure to lower interest rates, with President Trump and his allies calling for easier money to offset the effects of new tariffs and support flagging markets. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2025

For children, red signs and flagging mark field after field mined by the Russians. —Susan Mathison, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025

Three tectonic forces—AI in radiology, private equity consolidation of radiology groups, and a booming sector of direct-to-consumer wellness imaging—are reshaping radiology into a flagging, fractured profession. —Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for flagging

• bagging
• bragging
• dragging
• gagging
• lagging
• nagging
• sagging
• slagging
• snagging
• tagging
• wagging
• unflagging

Kids Definition

flagging

noun

flag·​ging

ˈflag-iŋ

: a pavement of flagstones