laggard
/ˈlæɡɚd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.97 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "But come let's wing our Steps with utmost Speed, The swiftest Haste is laggard to the Deed."
- "O! drowsy wind of the drowsy west, Sleep, sleep, By your mountain steep, Or down where the prairie grasses sweep! Now fold in slumber your laggard wings, For soft is the song my paddle sings."
- "Between blinks Tommy saw Temple in the path, her body slender and motionless for a moment as though waiting for some laggard part to catch up."
- "[...] and we were twice slowed badly because of a laggard stock train ahead stowing itself away at Enfield Lock; [...]."
- "A particularly robust intervention will be required if Ireland’s disbalance between Dublin’s primacy and its laggard provincial cities, is to be addressed."
- "The laggard broilers are euthanized and incinerated."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlæɡɚd/
- British English: /ˈlæɡəd/