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• n  someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
• s  wasting time

• A boy who watched those movies would be nearing middle age now, but he'd recognize KFP 's plot of a laggard who undergoes rigorous training to become a great fighter from .
• He sent Foreign Minister Viacheslav Molotov to London and Washington to promote the second front and jack up laggard shipments of war materiel.
• He's been locked out of his Jersey trailer home for laggard payments.

• dawdler
• drone
• lagger
• trailer
• poke
• dilatory
• poky
• pokey

News & Articles

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• Today’s 3 Worst Stocks
  Two competitors slide on one’s weak sales; a downgrade dooms another laggard        
  June 21, 2013 - The Motley Fool
• Blue Chips Bounce Higher, But Close the Week in the Red
  We ended the week on a mixed note, as volatility remains with us,noted Schaeffer's Senior Equity Analyst Joe Bell, CMT. "Technology was the big laggard today, after Oracle
  June 21, 2013 - Nasdaq
• My Word: Alameda's sales tax deficit threatens city's financial future
  Alameda is the laggard in the east shore area of the East Bay in sales tax performance -- and not by a little, but by a lot.
  June 20, 2013 - Alameda Times-Star

Quotes

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• Stephane Dion in Canada.com
  At this crucial moment, Canada cannot afford to be a laggard,wrote Dion. "It must help the world community come to agreement that we will not allow global climate to change more than two degrees Celsius."
• Costas Karamanlis in Reuters
  From being a laggard, Greece in a short amount of time is dynamically becoming a leader in the use of new technologies,Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis said at the signing ceremony. "Investment in advanced technology ...... is a...