different between lagging vs listless

English

Etymology

from lag

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æ???

Adjective

lagging (comparative more lagging, superlative most lagging)

1. falling behind, not keeping up the pace
2. Occurring after; indicating the later phase of

   Coordinate terms: concurrent, leading

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:lagging.

Derived terms

• lagging indicator

Noun

lagging (usually uncountable, plural laggings)

1. The covering of something with strips of felt, wood etc, either as insulation or for protection.
2. The material so used.
3. (slang, countable) A prison sentence.

Usage notes

• (prison sentence): Defined in various sources as a sentence of at least two, three, or five years' duration.

Derived terms

• beggar's lagging
• tramp's lagging

Translations

Verb

lagging

1. present participle of lag

Related terms

• laggard

English

Etymology

From Middle English lystles, equivalent to list (“desire”) +? -less. Compare Dutch lusteloos (“lethargic, listless”). Doublet of lustless.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?stl?s/

Adjective

listless (comparative more listless, superlative most listless)

1. Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.
   • 1818, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein, ch. 18:

     I passed whole days on the lake alone in a little boat, watching the clouds and listening to the rippling of the waves, silent and listless.

   • 1861, Charlotte M. Yonge, The Stokesley Secret, ch. 6:

     What an entirely different set of beings were those Stokesley children in lesson-time. . . . Poor, listless, stolid, deplorable logs, with bowed backs and crossed ankles, pipy voices and heavy eyes!

   • 1901, William Somerset Maugham, The Hero, ch. 21:

     The scene with Mrs. Wallace had broken his spirit, and he was listless now, indifferent to what happened.

   • 2005 Nov. 29, Aryn Baker, "John Hardy: Bali Guy," Time:

     “Listless, inattentive, distracted,” he recited. “A daydreamer. Tries his best, but is too slow.”

Derived terms

• listlessly
• listlessness

Translations

Anagrams

• slitless