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lag
verb as in move slowly; delay
Strong matches
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 matches
be behind, drag one's feet, get no place fast, hang back, inch along, lose strength, put off, slow up
Example Sentences
Even as its rankings had increased, the law school’s bar passage rates had lagged behind some other schools in the state.
"The lagging is so bad the fights are unwatchable to long time subscribers like me and other people I know at home with friends, family, snacks, and drinks but no fights."
The UK prison population has roughly doubled in the last 30 years, with capacity lagging behind, and in September the system came within 100 places of running out of space altogether.
But in a country where conversation on menstruation still comes with stigma and taboo, menopause awareness is lagging.
By many gender equality metrics, South Korea lags behind much of the industrialized world.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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