laggard
adjective
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laggard
nounDefinition of laggard (Entry 2 of 2)
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Synonyms & Antonyms for laggard
Synonyms: Adjective
crawling, creeping, dallying, dawdling, dilatory, dillydallying, dragging, lagging, languid, leisurely, poking, poky (or pokey), slow, sluggish, snail-paced, snaillike, tardy, unhurried
Synonyms: Noun
crawler, dallier, dawdler, dragger, lagger, lingerer, loiterer, plodder, slowpoke, snail, straggler
Antonyms: Adjective
barreling, bolting, breakneck, breathless, brisk, careering, dizzy, fast, fleet, flying, hasty, hurrying, lightning, meteoric, quick, racing, rapid, rocketing, running, rushing, scooting, scudding, scurrying, snappy, speeding, speedy, swift, warp-speed, whirling, whirlwind, whisking, zipping
Antonyms: Noun
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Examples of laggard in a Sentence
Adjective
I hate being stuck behind laggard motorists on the freeway.Noun
The company has been a laggard in developing new products. tried to spur on the laggards at the back of the line during the hike
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Toll Brothers was among the laggards, dropping 4.3% a day after the luxury homebuilder reported a decline in orders for new homes. — Washington Post, "Solid earnings from major US retailers drive stocks higher," 21 Aug. 2019 Nine of 11 stock market sectors were positive, with real estate and utilities the only laggards. — Washington Post, "Dow surges 450 on news that U.S. will delay some tariffs," 13 Aug. 2019 Paramount, for one, has been a laggard in theatrical box-office share -- at 5% year to date, per Boxofficemojo.com. — Brian Lowry, CNN, "Viacom and CBS reunion likely marks first step into new frontier," 13 Aug. 2019 Acosta’s solicitude for those 21 laggards should be weighed against the fact that today’s federal minimum wage is close to a historical nadir for the U.S. — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, "A strong endorsement of the $15 minimum wage from the Congressional Budget Office," 9 July 2019 Bain calculated that almost 30% of the retail industry’s operating profits today are generated by the laggards. — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, "Pier 1 Imports gets buried in a crowded home furnishings market," 30 June 2019 And Dodge, another traditional quality laggard, came in eighth this year, ahead of both Lexus and Toyota. — NBC News, "Porsche, Kia top list of highest-quality cars, with Land Rover and Jaguar among the worst," 19 June 2019 America is often denounced as a laggard on climate change. — The Economist, "America is not such a laggard on climate change as it seems," 28 June 2019 The biggest laggards include fuel economy in cars and trucks, emissions from industrial processes, and advanced biofuels in transportation. — Fatih Birol For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, "The world needs to get serious about combatting carbon emissions," 27 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'laggard.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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