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The meaning of LAGGARD is lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind. How to use laggard in a sentence.
a company, organization, etc. that does something later, or improves less quickly, than others: Mexico, long a laggard in financial reform, is at last putting its banks in order. Steel companies are still considered laggards compared to high-tech manufacturers. MARKETING. someone who buys a product at a much later date than most people:
a company, organization, etc. that does something later, or improves less quickly, than others: Mexico, long a laggard in financial reform, is at last putting its banks in order. Steel companies are still considered laggards compared to high-tech manufacturers. MARKETING.
What a bunch of laggards! Definitions of laggard. noun. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind. synonyms: dawdler, drone, lagger, poke, trailer. see more. adjective. wasting time. synonyms: dilatory, pokey, poky.
Dictionary definition of laggard A person or thing that falls behind in terms of progress, development, or achievement. "The company has been a laggard in embracing new technology."
If you describe a country, company, or product as a laggard, you mean that it is not performing as well as its competitors.
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There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word laggard. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
