laggers
Those falling behind
Laggers are people or things that fall behind or move slower than others.
In gaming, laggers are players whose poor internet connection causes delayed responses, disrupting gameplay for everyone: The laggers kept ruining our matches.
In workplace contexts, laggers are employees who trail in performance or productivity.
The word can also refer to workers who apply lagging—insulating material—to pipes or boilers.
Those who trail behind
- stragglersThose who fall behind
- dawdlersThose who move slowly
- slowpokesUnhurried, tardy individuals
- tail-endersThose coming in last
backmarkers · latecomers · loiterers · lingerers · foot-draggers · procrastinators · trailers · plodders
Intentional delay tactics
- hesitatingPausing with doubt
- tarryingRemaining beyond expected time
- dawdlingLeisurely time-wasting
- loiteringPurposeless public lingering
procrastinating · dragging · postponing · deferring · pausing · waiting · impeding · obstructing
laggards
Those who trail behind
- stragglersThose who fall behind
- dawdlersThose who move slowly
- slowpokesUnhurried, tardy individuals
tail-enders · backmarkers · latecomers · loiterers · lingerers · foot-draggers · procrastinators · trailers · plodders · slouchers
stalling
Intentional delay tactics
- hesitatingPausing with doubt
- tarryingRemaining beyond expected time
- dawdlingLeisurely time-wasting
loitering · procrastinating · dragging · postponing · deferring · pausing · waiting · impeding · obstructing · hampering
fiberglass
Reinforced woven strand composite
cladding · asbestos · cellulose · batts · blanket · thermal · acoustic
laggersfrontrunners
Those leading a competition
leaders · front-runners · pacesetters · pace-setters · winners
laggersleaders
Those with authority
outperformers · achievers · overachievers · high-flyers · go-getters
- lagged behindFell further back