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Definitions for Lagging
ˈlæg ɪŋlag·ging

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. laggingnoun

    used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat

Wiktionary

  1. laggingnoun

    The covering of something with strips of felt, wood etc, either as insulation or for protection

  2. laggingnoun

    The material so used

  3. laggingadjective

    falling behind, not keeping up the pace

  4. laggingadjective

    Occurring after; indicating the later phase of

ChatGPT

  1. lagging

    Lagging refers to the delay or slow progress in a process, action, or system. It typically indicates that something is falling behind its expected pace, schedule, or trend. This term is often used in various contexts such as technology, economics, and project management.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lagging

    of Lag

  2. Laggingnoun

    the clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags; -- called also deading and cleading

  3. Laggingnoun

    lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another in the centering of arches

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Lagging in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Lagging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Lagging in a Sentence

  1. John Pigott:

    It's not as simple as everybody thinks it is ... we had to let hedges and futures run. As well, you have to wait for contracts, they don't happen overnight, i honestly think the Bank (of Canada) is sometimes lagging what is going on in reality in the marketplace.

  2. Johnson Sirleaf:

    The pressure builds (for democracy), the young people today are educated, skilful, demanding, and eventually we have to listen and I think that will happen to all those that are still lagging behind.

  3. Harry Potter:

    We like to think of ourselves as being a very, very progressive industry, but we have been lagging behind in all kinds of areas.

  4. Shenhua President Zhang Yuzhuo:

    Among big Chinese companies, when it comes to developing clean and renewable energies, we are not lagging behind at all, we are hoping that in 20 or 30 years, we can bring down the costs of non-fossil fuel energies and at the same time raise the scale of construction, and during this process, allow fossil fuels and non-fossil fuels to be harmonised and provide mutual support.

  5. Alex Wong:

    The overall tone in Hong Kong has improved as we were lagging from other markets in the past month.

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