laggard
suomi-englanti sanakirjalaggard englannista suomeksi
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Substantiivi
laggard englanniksi
Lagging behind; taking more time than the others in a group.
{{quote-text|en|year=1752|author=Francis Gentleman; Ben Jonson|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_jAJAAAAQAAJ|title=Sejanus, A Tragedy|section=act 5, scene 1|pages=54–55
{{quote-text|en|year=1912|author=E. Pauline Johnson|chapter=The Song My Paddle Sings|title=Flint and Feather|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5625/pg5625-images.html
{{quote-text|en|year=1931|author=William Faulkner|title=Sanctuary|page=66|publisher=Vintage|year_published=1993
(quote-journal)
{{quote-journal|en|author=Emma Gilleece|title=Take the spat out of spatial|journal=(magazine)|Village|date=30 November 2016|titleurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125214816/https://villagemagazine.ie/index.php/2016/11/take-the-spat-out-of-spatial/
''(animal husbandry)'' Not growing as quickly as the rest of the flock or herd.
(ux)
One who lags behind; one who takes more time than is necessary or than the others in a group.
1733, William Havard, ''Scanderbeg: A Tragedy'', London: J. Watts, Act II, Scene 4, p. 17,https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001420267
- Blushing I look upon my poor Resolves,
- A Laggard in the Race, and faintly striving
- To follow Excellence that soars so high.
{{quote-text|en|year=1840|author=James Fenimore Cooper|title=The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1880/1880-h/1880-h.htm|chapter=20
1891, (w), ''Letters of Marque'', New York & Boston: H.M. Caldwell, 1899, Chapter 12, p. 141,https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009581498
- The State line, with the comparatively new branch to the Pachbadra salt-pits, pays handsomely, and is exactly suited to the needs of its users. True, there is a certain haziness as to the hour of starting, but this allows laggards more time, and fills the packed carriages to overflowing.
(RQ:Wells First Men in the Moon)
{{quote-journal|en|title=What Ever Became of ‘Geniuses’?|journal=(magazine)|Time|date=19 December 1977|titleurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130823011449/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,945865,00.html
{{quote-journal|en|author=Rita Trichur|title=Expanded international trade key to driving innovation in Ontario: report|journal=Toronto Star|date=21 September 2010|titleurl=https://www.thestar.com/business/2010/09/21/expanded_international_trade_key_to_driving_innovation_in_ontario_report.html