laggard
noun/ˈlæɡəd/
/ˈlæɡərd/
(old-fashioned)- a slow and lazy person, organization, etc.Topics Personal qualitiesc2Word Originearly 18th cent. (as an adjective): from lag ‘fail to keep up’.
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