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Definition of laggard noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

laggard

noun
 
/ˈlæɡəd/
 
/ˈlæɡərd/
(old-fashioned)
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  1. a slow and lazy person, organization, etc.Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originearly 18th cent. (as an adjective): from lag ‘fail to keep up’.
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