laggard

lag·gard  (lgrd)

n.

One that lags; a straggler.

adj.

Hanging back or falling behind; dilatory. See Synonyms at slow.

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laggard·ly adv.

laggard·ness n.

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laggard [ˈlægəd]

n

1. a person who lags behind

2. a dawdler or straggler

adj

Rare sluggish, slow, or dawdling

laggardly  adv

laggardness  n

Thesaurus

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"

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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

Translations

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

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

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