laggard

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And if the laggard is a man, they imitate the cry with which they call a he-goat; if a woman, the cry with which they call a she-goat.

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  1. noun One that lags; a straggler.
  2. adjective Hanging back or falling behind; dilatory. See Synonyms at slow.

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  • Other aspects of the global economy are facing a reset, as are governments, and IT should be a leader not a laggard -- both as an example and as an enabler to the larger transitions. —  pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
  • But even so-called "laggard" mobile phone markets like the USA are witnessing a strong shift to the mobile internet, led by recent internet enabled phones like the iPhone and email enabled phones like the Blackberry. —  Communities Dominate Brands
  • Despite the public sector's reputation as an innovation laggard, some government outfits find that life on the leading edge of technology adoption suits them just fine. —  FCW News
  • But the launch of Google's Chrome browser last week appears to have prompted Firefox's developers to be less leisurely in bringing the private browsing feature to market, lest Firefox look like a laggard. —  Techzonez
  • There is a simple and incontrovertible test of whether Australia is a world leader or a world laggard: are we reducing, or at least slowing the growth, of our greenhouse gas emissions? —  newmatilda.com - Comments
 

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/ˈlægərd/
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