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Laggard

Slow; sluggish; backward.

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Slow 84% connected

imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

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Slow 84% connected

imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

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Broader term 4

Bum 76% connected

The buttock.

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Do-nothing 76% connected

Doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy.

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Idler 76% connected

One who idles; one who spends his time in inaction; a lazy person; a sluggard.

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Loafer 76% connected

One who loafs; a lazy lounger.

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Lingerer 76% connected

One who lingers.

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Loiterer 76% connected

One who loiters; an idler.

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Plodder 76% connected

One who plods; a drudge.

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Straggler 76% connected

One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambl…

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Strayer 76% connected

One who strays; a wanderer.

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Dawdler 92% connected

One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dilatory 92% connected

Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant.

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Drone 92% connected

The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee.

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Lagger 92% connected

A laggard.

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Poke 92% connected

A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and…

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Pokey 92% connected

See Poky.

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Poky 92% connected

Confined; cramped.

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Trailer 92% connected

One who, or that which, trails.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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