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lagging
adjective as in backward
Strongest match
Example Sentences
He isn’t the first president to blame unfair trade relationships for America’s lagging car exports.
She welcomed the "overdue" changes, saying that the statutory guidance "is now five years old" and "lagging behind life experiences of young people".
On another, if a team are lagging behind competitively under the current rules, there is at least a reasonable possibility they will continue to do so under the next ones.
The U.S. life expectancy, already lagging behind many peer nations, could further stagnate or decline.
It also says that Scotland is lagging behind England in terms of the ratio of speech and language therapists to children.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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