lagged

VERB

move slowly; delay

Synonyms

STRONGEST

decrease diminish fail fall off falter slacken slow trail wane

STRONG

dally dawdle dillydally drag ebb flag hobble idle inch jelly limp linger loiter lounge plod poke procrastinate retard saunter shuffle slouch stagger stay straggle tail tarry tool trudge

WEAK

be behind drag one's feet get no place fast hang back inch along lose strength put off slow up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

develop enlarge expand grow increase raise

STRONG

advance complete do finish go hasten hurry leave push rise run rush tiptoe

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lagged

They sharply lagged behind in 2008 when stocks also slumped and inflation got very low.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

JPMorgan found that the U.S. healthcare sector has lagged behind the S&P 500 every year since the ChatGPT artificial intelligence model was first launched almost four years ago.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

Since 1990, you would have lagged a buy-and-hold strategy by 2.9 annualized percentage points by mechanically following this simple strategy.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

I asked Krishna if the shift, presumably under way for years, lagged behind his expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Ridge explored every single store—Lord & Taylor, Williams-Sonoma, even the Watch Station—as Gibby walked beside him and Michael lagged silently behind.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly