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What is the adjective for lagging?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb lag which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

lag
  1. late
  2. (obsolete) Last; long-delayed.
  3. Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. last, final, closing, concluding, ultimate, hindmost, latest, terminating, rearmost, bottommost, latter, terminal, ending, end, finishing, eventual, conclusive, furthest, farthest, outermost, endmost, remotest, extreme, utmost, hindermost, uttermost, aftermost, ulterior, far, lattermost, culminating, antipodal, crowning, climactic, definitive, determinate, supreme, lowest, curtains, least, meanest, determinative, far-off, at the end, swan song, most recent, bitter end, once and for all, winding up, furthest behind … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Management blamed the team's downfall on several members of the team who failed to keep themselves in shape towards the lag end of the season.”
laggy
  1. Having a delayed response to a change in the factors influencing it.
  2. (video game) Tending to lag, or respond slowly because of network latency.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. slow, unhurried, leisurely, sluggish, creeping, dawdling, deliberate, lagging, measured, easy, slow-moving, laggard, plodding, ponderous, leaden, loitering, moderate, gentle, relaxed, sedate, slow-going, steady, comfortable, dilatory, labored, laboured, lazy, sluggardly, tardy, tortoise-like, undemanding, unrushed, crawling, dallying, dillydallying, dragging, languid, leaden-footed, lethargic, listless, pokey, poking, poky, snaillike, snail-like, snail-paced, behindhand, idle, lackadaisical, late … more
laggard
  1. Lagging behind; taking more time than the others in a group.
  2. (animal husbandry) Not growing as quickly as the rest of the flock or herd.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. slow, sluggish, unhurried, tardy, crawling, dawdling, dilatory, creeping, lagging, leisurely, languid, snaillike, dallying, dillydallying, dragging, pokey, poking, poky, snail-paced, measured, deliberate, slow-moving, slothful, loitering, plodding, leaden, lackadaisical, easy, slack, slow-going, delaying, ponderous, idle, indolent, procrastinating, phlegmatic, listless, lethargic, slow-paced, moderate, torpid, tortoiselike, postponing, drowsy, dreamy, passive, supine, apathetic, inert, gradual … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The laggard tortoise lazily made its way across the field.”
lagging
  1. falling behind, not keeping up the pace
  2. Occurring after; indicating the later phase of
  3. Synonyms:
      4. slow, sluggish, unhurried, tardy, crawling, laggard, dilatory, dawdling, creeping, leisurely, languid, snaillike, dallying, dillydallying, dragging, pokey, poking, poky, snail-paced, measured, deliberate, slow-moving, loitering, slothful, plodding, leaden, easy, lackadaisical, slow-going, slack, delaying, ponderous, idle, indolent, procrastinating, phlegmatic, listless, lethargic, slow-paced, moderate, torpid, tortoiselike, postponing, drowsy, dreamy, passive, supine, apathetic, inert, gradual … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “In his despairing impatience, he pressed his foot upon the opposite seat as if to impel the lagging train.”
      “If one of their projects is falling behind schedule, for example, they may shift personnel from another project to the lagging project.”
      “Allow a lagging student to work under less intensive criteria.”
laggardly
  1. Resembling a laggard; slow; taking more time than is necessary; lagging behind
laggier
  1. comparative form of laggy: more laggy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. slower, sluggisher, easier, gentler, steadier, comfortabler, lazier, tardier, pokier, later, dreamier, drowsier, more unhurried, more leisurely, more deliberate, more lagging, more measured, more slow-moving, more laggard, more plodding, more ponderous, more leaden, more moderate, more relaxed, more sedate, more labored, more laboured, more sluggardly, more undemanding, more languid, more lethargic, more listless, more snaillike, more behindhand, more idle, more lackadaisical, more slothful, more torpid, more apathetic, more imperceptible, more indolent, more inert, more passive, more phlegmatic, more tortoiselike, more supine … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Gasoline prices usually show a laggier response to crude-oil price reduction than to crude-oil price increases.”
laggiest
  1. superlative form of laggy: most laggy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. slowest, sluggishest, easiest, gentlest, steadiest, comfortablest, laziest, tardiest, pokiest, latest, dreamiest, drowsiest, most unhurried, most leisurely, most deliberate, most lagging, most measured, most slow-moving, most laggard, most plodding, most ponderous, most leaden, most moderate, most relaxed, most sedate, most labored, most laboured, most sluggardly, most undemanding, most languid, most lethargic, most listless, most snaillike, most behindhand, most idle, most lackadaisical, most slothful, most torpid, most apathetic, most imperceptible, most indolent, most inert, most passive, most phlegmatic, most tortoiselike, most supine … more
lagged
  1. simple past tense and past participle of lag
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dallied, dawdled, lingered, delayed, loitered, tarried, crawled, dillydallied, crept, creeped, diddled, dragged, drug, poked, moped, lollygagged, lallygagged, trailed, straggled, plodded, dithered, idled, inched, limped, faltered, staggered, slouched, sauntered, stayed, shuffled, tailed, trudged, dropped, shilly-shallied, dilly-dallied, fell behind, fallen behind, lagged behind, dragged your feet, put off, dropped behind, hung back, trailed behind, fell back, fallen back, moved slowly, dragged behind, slowed down, brought up the rear, fell off … more
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