lag·gard

(lăg′ərd)

One that lags; a straggler.

adj.

Slow or delayed in action. See Synonyms at slow.

lag′gard·ly adv.

lag′gard·ness n.

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laggard

(ˈlæɡəd)

1. a person who lags behind

2. a dawdler or straggler

adj

rare sluggish, slow, or dawdling

ˈlaggardly adv

ˈlaggardness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

lag•gard

(ˈlæg ərd)

n.

1. a person or thing that lags; lingerer; loiterer.

adj.

2. moving, developing, or responding slowly; sluggish.

[1695–1705; lag¹ + -ard]

lag′gard•ly, adj., adv.

lag′gard•ness, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	laggard - someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind dawdler, lagger, trailer, poke, drone do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum - person who does no work; "a lazy bum" lingerer, loiterer - someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place slowcoach, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud, plodder - someone who moves slowly; "in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach" potterer, putterer - a person who putters about straggler, strayer - someone who strays or falls behind
Adj.	1.	laggard - wasting time dilatory, pokey, poky slow - not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth"

laggard

noun straggler, lounger, lingerer, piker (Austral. & N.Z. slang), snail, saunterer, loafer, loiterer, dawdler, skiver (Brit. slang), idler, slowcoach (Brit. informal), sluggard, bludger (Austral. & N.Z. informal), slowpoke (U.S. & Canad. informal) a reputation as a technological laggard in the personal-computer area

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

laggard

noun

One that lags:

dawdler, dilly-dallier, lag, lagger, lingerer, loiterer, poke, procrastinator, straggler, tarrier.

Informal: slowpoke.

adjective

Proceeding at a rate less than usual or desired:

dilatory, slow, slow-footed, slow-going, slow-paced, tardy.

Informal: poky.

Idiom: slow as molasses in January.

Translations

ritardatario

laggard

[ˈlægəd] N (= having fallen behind) → rezagado/a m/f; (= idler) → holgazán/ana m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

laggard

n (= sb who has fallen behind) → Nachzügler(in) m(f); (= idler) → Trödler(in) m(f); he is a laggard in love (liter, hum) → er ist nicht so stürmisch

adj student, worker → faul

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

laggard

[ˈlægəd] n (old) → lento/a → tiratardi m/f inv

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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The lessons of yesterday had been that retribution was a laggard and blind.

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"No laggard may claim Tara of Helium; but haste now lest thou lose also Olvia Marthis, whom I have never seen wait long to be claimed for this or any other dance."

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It awaited the family laggard, who found any sort of inconvenience (to others) less disagreeable than getting up when he was called.

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The horns of the victors sounded merry and cheerful flourishes, until the last laggard of the camp was at his post; but the instant the British fifes had blown their shrill signal, they became mute.

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Never have I been more laggard in fighting than in eating and drinking.

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Could the Judge but quaff a glass, it might enable him to shake off the unaccountable lethargy which (for the ten intervening minutes, and five to boot, are already past) has made him such a laggard at this momentous dinner.

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"It is very extraordinary," said this noble laggard, "but this is the first time that I have ever been in Paris for more than three or four weeks."

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It is a close night, though the damp cold is searching too, and there is a laggard mist a little way up in the air.

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This was the third time his orders had been treated with contempt, and the ship wantonly detained, and it should be the last; so he spread all sail and put to sea, swearing he would leave the laggards to shift for themselves.

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The remains of our regiment which had been in action rapidly formed up and moved to the right; from behind it, dispersing the laggards, came two battalions of the Sixth Chasseurs in fine order.

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The congregation being fully assembled, now, the bell rang once more, to warn laggards and stragglers, and then a solemn hush fell upon the church which was only broken by the tittering and whispering of the choir in the gallery.

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