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Meaning of "laggard" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LAGGARD

laggard  [ˈlæɡəd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAGGARD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Laggard can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LAGGARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of laggard in the English dictionary

The first definition of laggard in the dictionary is a person who lags behind. Other definition of laggard is a dawdler or straggler. Laggard is also sluggish, slow, or dawdling.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LAGGARD


ahungered
əˈhʌŋɡəd
Beghard
ˈbɛɡəd
beleaguered
bɪˈliːɡəd
buggered
ˈbʌɡəd
butterfingered
ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəd
disfigured
dɪsˈfɪɡəd
figured
ˈfɪɡəd
fingered
ˈfɪŋɡəd
haggard
ˈhæɡəd
jiggered
ˈdʒɪɡəd
lagered
ˈlɑːɡəd
niggard
ˈnɪɡəd
nimble-fingered
ˌnɪmbəlˈfɪŋɡəd
saggard
ˈsæɡəd
sluggard
ˈslʌɡəd
staggard
ˈstæɡəd
staggered
ˈstæɡəd
sugared
ˈʃʊɡəd
triggered
ˈtrɪɡəd
unfigured
ʌnˈfɪɡəd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAGGARD

lageniform
lager
lager lout
lager top
lager tops
lagered
lagered-up
Lagerfeld
Lagerkvist
lagerphone
laggardly
laggardness
lagged
lagger
lagging
laggingly
lagnappe
lagniappe
lagomorph
lagomorphic

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAGGARD

Asgard
belgard
disregard
Fugard
in this regard
Midgard
misregard
regard
savegard
self-regard
Utgard

Synonyms and antonyms of laggard in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LAGGARD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «laggard» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of laggard

Translation of «laggard» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAGGARD

Find out the translation of laggard to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of laggard from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «laggard» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

落后
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rezagado
570 millions of speakers

English

laggard
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुस्त
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تقاعسا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отстающим
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

retardatário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মন্দগতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

traînard
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Laggard
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nachzügler
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

のろま
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

느림보
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Laggard
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chậm chạp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மெதுவாக நடப்பவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लॅग्रेड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tembel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ritardatario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

laggard
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відстаючим
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

laggard
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ουραγός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

agteros
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sölig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

laggard
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of laggard

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAGGARD»

The term «laggard» is regularly used and occupies the 62.636 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAGGARD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about laggard

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAGGARD»

Discover the use of laggard in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to laggard and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Wealth and Welfare States: Is America a Laggard or Leader?
This book explores the role of the welfare state in the overall wealth and wellbeing of nations and in particular looks at the American welfare state in comparison with other developed nations in Europe and elsewhere.
Irwin Garfinkel, Lee Rainwater, Timothy Smeeding, 2010
2
Leader and a Laggard: Manufacturing Industry in Nova Scotia, ...
Deals with the factors that account for the slow industrial development in the Atlantic provinces.
Roy Edwin George, 1970
3
A laggard in love
of. New. York. "a. laggard. in. love." CHAPTER I. CECIL CALVERLEY TAKES A BULL BY THE HORNS. " And now, Victoria, tell me what you think of him." " Well, to begin with, Violet," Victoria Lascelles made answer, with one of her fine smiles  ...
Jeanie Gwynne Bettany, 1890
4
Navigating the Information Revolution: Choices for Laggard ...
The rapid diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICTs) during the last two decades has had a profound impact on all spheres of human endeavors, changes that are collectively referred to as the Information Revolution (IR).
Julius Gatune, 2006
5
Security and Privacy in Social Networks
Because the leader uses a strategy that satisfies condition (4) for all possible strategies of the laggard, minimizing (3) implies that the laggard prefers portfolios with higher expected return, higher variance, and lower covariance with the leader.
Yaniv Altshuler, Yuval Elovici, Armin B. Cremers, 2012
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The Political Economy of European Integration
Finn Laursen, European Institute of Public Administration. Figure I A: Integration Negotiations with a Unitary Laggard J L SQ L' Ml If L' is the laggard position, the European Parliament could propose exactly this level of integration. Any different  ...
Finn Laursen, European Institute of Public Administration, 1995
7
Challenging Authority: How Ordinary People Change America
The questions that preoccupy historical-institutional scholars who undertake to explain the New Deal /Great Society order belong to this latter intellectual development: Why, when the United States was not a laggard in either industrial or ...
Frances Fox Piven, 2006
8
Environmental Governance and Decentralisation
7. Environmental. institutions. in. Germany: Leader. or. laggard? Stefanie. Engel. and. Melanie. Zimmermann. 1. INTRODUCTION. As a consequence of its geographic position,1 high population density, and high degree of industrialization, ...
Albert Breton, 2008
9
The Ever-Evolving Enterprise: Guidelines for Creating Your ...
There are laggard firms, reactive firms, proactive firms, and visionary firms. Laggard firms are fatally slow in their ability to sense the need to change. By the time they see the need to change, their efforts are too late; they are destined to be  ...
Stephen C. Harper, 2011
10
Welfare States and Societies in the Making
For some time, historians and social scientists interested in the timing of policy developments have noted only that the United States has been a "welfare laggard" relative to Europe. Policy breakthroughs leading to a nationwide system of ...
Nicholas Deakin, Catherine Jones Finer, Bob Matthews, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAGGARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term laggard is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Laggard Stocks - Harman International Industries (HAR), Memorial …
Manhattan, NY- July 17, 2015 – (Techsonian) – Harman International Industries (NYSE:HAR) exposed that Aditi Technologies (now part of ... «Techsonian, Jul 15»
2
Laggard Stocks - Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Endologix (ELGX …
Las Vegas, NV – Friday, July 17, 2015 – (Techsonian) – ValuePennyStocks.com provides investors and traders with valuable trading tools and ... «Techsonian, Jul 15»
3
Commission nudges laggard charities
Commission nudges laggard charities. 'Red mark' charities. Over 5,000 registered charities have failed to report on time to the Australian ... «PS News, Jul 15»
4
Laggard Stocks - Twenty-First Century Fox (FOXA), Fastenal (FAST …
Birmingham, West Midlands – (Techsonian) – Wednesday, July 15, 2015 – Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ:FOXA) functions as a ... «Techsonian, Jul 15»
5
Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN) Marked As Today's Post-Market …
Trade-Ideas LLC identified Mead Johnson Nutrition ( MJN) as a post-market laggard candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, ... «TheStreet.com, Jul 15»
6
Trade-Ideas: Corning (GLW) Is Today's Pre-Market Laggard Stock
Trade-Ideas LLC identified Corning ( GLW) as a pre-market laggard candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified ... «TheStreet.com, Jul 15»
7
Laggard Stocks - ENSCO PLC (ESV), California Resources (CRC …
Manhattan, NY- July 13, 2015 – (Techsonian) – ENSCO PLC (NYSE:ESV) will host its second quarter 2015 earnings conference call at 10:00 ... «Techsonian, Jul 15»
8
Lonmin Group becomes FTSE 250 laggard after bearish broker note
Depressed platinum prices and bearish broker notes dragged shares in Lonmin Group to its lowest level since listing on the London Stock ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
9
Today's Post-Market Laggard: ARRIS Group (ARRS)
Trade-Ideas LLC identified ARRIS Group ( ARRS) as a post-market laggard candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas ... «TheStreet.com, Jul 15»
10
Laggard Stocks - Yamana Gold Inc (AUY), Abbott Laboratories (ABT …
S&P 500 mini futures rose to as high as 2061.75, up 1.0 percent from late U.S. levels. They last stood at 2058.50, up 0.9 percent. The euro rose ... «Investor Wired, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Laggard [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/laggard>. Apr 2024 ».
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