as in leisurely
moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed
I hate being stuck behind laggard drivers on the freeway
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as in snail
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others
tried to spur on the laggards at the back of the line during the hike
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Recent Examples of laggard
Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2022
However, the American pandemic response has also been faulted for an at times laggard pace at tracking and analyzing the spread of the virus compared to its counterparts abroad.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2022
Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Economies that embed decarbonization into their growth models are becoming magnets for investment; laggards are already seeing their cost of capital rise.
—Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
These are all new cores from ARM, and the big and little cores are 64-bit only, with only the medium cores able to run any laggard 32-bit applications.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2022
However, the American pandemic response has also been faulted for an at times laggard pace at tracking and analyzing the spread of the virus compared to its counterparts abroad.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2022
Noun
On the other hand, the tech sector was the day’s laggard.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
Economies that embed decarbonization into their growth models are becoming magnets for investment; laggards are already seeing their cost of capital rise.
—Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laggard
Adjective
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The best way to begin your excursion is with a leisurely stroll around the village’s 19th-century cemetery, where The Legend of Sleepy Hollow author Washington Irving is buried.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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It all still gets done, but at a more leisurely pace.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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Moles eat insects, snail larvae, spiders, and small invertebrates, but their favorite foods are earthworms and white grubs.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
17 Oct. 2025
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In addition to sea slugs, other snails have been known to graze on bryozoan.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Audition is a slow burn, spending the better part of two hours setting up audiences for arguably one of the most graphic climaxes in horror history.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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Tai chi is a form of exercise that involves slow, gentle movements and balancing poses.—
Carrie Madormo,
Health,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Layer on infrastructure costs, amortization, new storage mandates, refinery retrofits for changing crude blends and the lagging effects of the LCFS credit.—
Michael Mische,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Sep. 2025
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Metrics That Predict, Not Report The lagging nature of HR’s metrics compounds the problem.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Kansas City Chiefs have gotten off to a sluggish start to begin the 2025 NFL season.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Starving children stopped playing and appeared sluggish or apathetic; cognitive development seemed to halt or even regress.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Laggard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laggard. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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