lag badly
Frequency: 7.08.1 per million words
To be significantly behind in progress or development.
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- Britain still lags badly behind the rest of Europe on this.
- The company's sales figures lagged badly compared to its competitors last quarter.
- Without proper investment, the region's infrastructure will continue to lag badly.
- Students who don't keep up with their readings often lag badly in class discussions.
- Their progress on the project lagged badly due to unforeseen technical difficulties.
- Developing countries sometimes lag badly in technological adoption.
- The startup's new product lagged badly in market share shortly after its launch.
- My computer always lags badly when I run multiple demanding applications.
- He felt his career was lagging badly compared to his peers.
- The outdated educational system continues to lag badly in preparing students for modern challenges.