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Synonyms for lagging

Grammar : Adj
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Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæg ɪŋ

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Définition of lagging

Origin :
  • "fail to keep pace," 1520s, earlier as a noun meaning "last person" (1510s), later also as an adjective (1550s; e.g. lag-mon "last man"), all of uncertain relationship, possibly from a Scandinavian source (cf. Norwegian lagga "go slowly"), or some dialectal version of last, lack, or delay. Related: Lag; lagging. The noun meaning "retardation" is from 1855. First record of lag time is from 1951.
  • adj backward
Example sentences :
  • The lagging crowd of listeners paused, breathless, to lose no word.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • Then he passed on round to the front of the building with the lagging step of indifference.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • So I worked on and on, with spurts of fury and periods of lagging.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
  • I could scarcely force my lagging steps, one by one, to carry me.
  • Extract from : « Possessed » by Cleveland Moffett
  • The sea was rolling heavily, and a good many of our ships were lagging.
  • Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • No dull, lagging hour has dragged me backward in my daily duties.
  • Extract from : « Ernest Linwood » by Caroline Lee Hentz
  • Nearly every one of my correspondents have been lagging and languishing.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • His work was lagging, and he rose gladly and went out with her.
  • Extract from : « The Master-Knot of Human Fate » by Ellis Meredith
  • Generally there are two rings for each length of lagging; for 5-ft.
  • Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette
  • The lagging was added a piece at a time as concreting progressed.
  • Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette

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