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Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Lagging behind / Trailing: Describes a state of being significantly slow, sluggish, or inferior, failing to keep pace with others or with expected progress.
    • Underperforming / Mediocre: Indicates a consistently poor or substandard level of performance or achievement.

  2. Onomatopoeia:

    • Sputtering / Crackling feebly: A word that imitates the sound of small, dull, sporadic explosions or pops, like those from weak firecrackers.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • Nó học lẹt đẹt mãi không tiến bộ. (His studies are lagging behind with no improvement.)
    • Đội của họ cứ lẹt đẹt ở cuối bảng xếp hạng. (Their team keeps trailing at the bottom of the rankings.)

  • Onomatopoeia:

    • Những quả pháo nhỏ nổ lẹt đẹt. (The small firecrackers went off with a feeble sputter.)
Advanced Usage
  • The word is often used reduplicatively (lẹt đẹt) to emphasize the continuous or repetitive nature of the slowness or the sound.
  • It carries a negative connotation of disappointment or ineffectiveness when used as an adjective.
Variants and Related Words

  • Tụt hậu (v): to fall behind, to lag.

    • Nền kinh tế có nguy cơ tụt hậu. (The economy risks falling behind.)

  • Ửng ực (onomatopoeia): a word imitating a gurgling or bubbling sound, different but similarly descriptive of a specific sound.

Synonyms
  • Lagging: failing to keep pace.
  • Sputtering: making a series of soft explosive sounds.
  • Underachieving: performing below potential.
Related Idioms and Phrases

  • Đi lẹt đẹt phía sau: to trudge along behind.

    • Cậu bé đi lẹt đẹt phía sau đoàn người. (The boy trudged along behind the group.)

  • Công việc lẹt đẹt: work that is progressing very slowly.

    • Dự án đang tiến triển lẹt đẹt. (The project is progressing at a snail's pace.)
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