If you accept gay marriage ten years after it became the law of the land, you are not avant garde, you are a laggard.
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Laggard
//ˈlæɡɚd//
Synonyms for "laggard" (137 found)
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procrastinatoryputtererreluctantremissrenitentrestivescroungingshiftlessshufflingslacksleepyheadslothfulslouchsloucherslow goerslow toslow-footslowbellyslowpokeslugsluggardsluggishsnailspongingstick-in-the-mudstragglertime killertime wastertortoisetriflerunenterprisingunenthusiasticunhastyunhurriedunzealouswaiter on providencework-shy
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6 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesdistinct from
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5 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 14 languages.
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 落後嘅 /落后嘅 adj (animal not growing as fast as flockmates)
- 遲緩嘅 /迟缓嘅 adj (animal not growing as fast as flockmates)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 落後者 /落后者 noun (one who lags behind)
Dutch
2 entries- achterblijver noun (one who lags behind)
- slome duikelaar noun (one who lags behind)
Finnish
4 entries- hidastelija noun (one who lags behind)
- hituri noun (one who lags behind)
- kuhnailija noun (one who lags behind)
- kuhnuri noun (one who lags behind)
French
2 entries- retardataire adj (animal not growing as fast as flockmates)
- traînard noun (one who lags behind)
German
2 entries- Bummler noun (one who lags behind)
- Nachzügler noun (one who lags behind)
Hungarian
1 entries- maradi noun (one who lags behind)
Italian
1 entries- ritardatario noun (one who lags behind)
Māori
2 entries- pirorehe noun (one who lags behind)
- takurutu noun (one who lags behind)
Romanian
1 entries- mocăit noun (one who lags behind)
Russian
3 entries- копу́ша noun (one who lags behind)
- неповоро́тливый/медли́тельный челове́к noun (one who lags behind)
- у́валень noun (one who lags behind)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- kržljavac adj (animal not growing as fast as flockmates)
- kržljavica adj (animal not growing as fast as flockmates)
- kasnilac noun (one who lags behind)
Spanish
2 entries- rezagada noun (one who lags behind)
- rezagado noun (one who lags behind)
Walloon
4 entries- måcrexhant adj (animal not growing as fast as flockmates)
- racoulot adj (animal not growing as fast as flockmates)
- trinneu noun (one who lags behind)
- trinnåd noun (one who lags behind)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
But come let's wing our Steps with utmost Speed, The swiftest Haste is laggard to the Deed.
Source: wiktionary
O! drowsy wind of the drowsy west, Sleep, sleep, By your mountain steep, Or down where the prairie grasses sweep! Now fold in slumber your laggard wings, For soft is the song my paddle sings.
Source: wiktionary
Between blinks Tommy saw Temple in the path, her body slender and motionless for a moment as though waiting for some laggard part to catch up.
Source: wiktionary
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