Usually means: Slowness in action or progress.
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  1. laggardness: Merriam-Webster
  2. laggardness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. laggardness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. laggardness: Wiktionary
  5. laggardness: Dictionary.com
  6. laggardness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. laggardness: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  The quality or state of being a laggard.

Similar:
lagginess, laggyness, sluggardliness, sluggardness, lethargicness, languidity, languorousness, lardiness, slowness, lambiness, more...

Opposite:
promptness, swiftness, agility, alacrity

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Similar:
lagginess, laggyness, sluggardliness, sluggardness, lethargicness, languidity, languorousness, lardiness, slowness, lambiness, more...

Opposite:
promptness, swiftness, agility, alacrity



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