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   laggard

   /ˈlaɡəd/

   noun

   • 1. a person who makes slow progress and falls behind others: "staff were under enormous pressure and there was no time for laggards"

   adjective

   • 1. slower than desired or expected: "a bell to summon laggard children to school"

   Word Origin early 18th century (as an adjective): from lag1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. laggardly adjective
   • 2. laggardness noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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