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laggard

nounCommon GRE wordMore L words

one who falls behind or lags noticeably slower than others

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Laggard in a sentence

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Once an industry leader, the firm became a laggard, trailing nimbler rivals on every new product.

Synonyms
stragglerdawdlerloitererslowpoke
Antonyms
leaderfrontrunnerpacesetter
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Questions about “laggard

Laggard (noun) means one who falls behind or lags noticeably slower than others
Here is laggard used in an example sentence: "Once an industry leader, the firm became a laggard, trailing nimbler rivals on every new product."
Common synonyms for laggard include straggler, dawdler, loiterer, slowpoke.
Antonyms of laggard include leader, frontrunner, pacesetter.
Laggard is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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