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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

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  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. Diego Parrilla:

    We came in on Monday, and we see things are happening. And from a disciplined point of view, we were actually putting more trades, on things that were lagging, such as the VIX.

  2. Helen Mountford:

    It just reflects an incredible disconnect between the politicians who are lagging behind what we're seeing from the youth on the streets, and with what businesses and investors are doing.

  3. 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.

  4. Frank Jotzo:

    Australia has certainly been lagging behind on climate change action, by which I mean the effort to decarbonize the economy and reduce emissions.

  5. Jeffrey Gundlach:

    This is a very dangerous part of the cycle, we're 10 years into an expansion and it seems clear that the Fed has overtightened. Unemployment is a lagging indicator. And negative interest rates can be found in many places. If the(Fed's) goal is to keep the expansion going, they need to be more aggressive. You have to think bigger than a so-called (and mislabeled) insurance rate cut.

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