LAGGED Synonyms: 128 Similar and Opposite Words

lagged

verb

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past tense of lag

as in faded

to lose bodily strength or vigor during the fourth quarter the whole team seemed to lag

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as in delayed

to move or act slowly the tired puppy was lagging behind the rest of the pack

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Recent Examples of lagged If his subject has shifted, his methods have lagged. —

Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026 But amid concerns that Starship's development has lagged, NASA now also appears to be considering Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander, an uncrewed version of which is due to head to the lunar surface later in 2026 on a pathfinding mission. —

Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026 In recent elections, Broward turnout has lagged. —

Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026 Windows laptops have traditionally lagged behind Apple's MacBooks in the battery life department, making the latter much easier to recommend for most people who need something for work and school. —

Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 28 Mar. 2026 Institutional investors, such as German pension funds, saw the company as ethically tainted, and its stock price lagged far behind that of defense firms from other parts of Europe. —

Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026 Despite a determined fund-raising group and an unrelenting vice mayor, the project has lagged. —

Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026 Brian Jones, director of research and development, who’s entering his 25th season with the organization, said the Rockies have taken a big step forward in the ever-evolving world of baseball analytics, an area where the team has lagged behind for years. —

Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2026 López-Owens said the clerk should have a larger public presence to boost voter turnout, after Marion County's voting rates lagged in the 2024 general election. —

Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 26 Mar. 2026

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The transition from agricultural employment to factory employment involved wrenching mass migration, the utter misery of the Great Depression (as well as other brutal recessions, now faded from collective memory), and the painful dealmaking of the New Deal.

— Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
The Italian school, which lacked rigor and involved many errors, quickly faded as Bourbaki’s influence spread.

— Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026