Sluggish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Displaying little movement or activity; slow; inactive: a sluggish stream; sluggish growth.
  • adj. Lacking alertness, vigor, or energy; inert or indolent.
  • adj. Slow to perform or respond to stimulation.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.
  • adj. Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.
  • adj. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.
  • adj. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
  • adj. Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive.
  • adj. Slow; having little motion.
  • adj. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.
  • adj. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Slow; having or giving evidence of little motion: as, a sluggish stream.
  • Idle and lazy, habitually or temporarily; indolent; slothful; dull; inactive.
  • Inert; inactive; torpid.
  • Dull; tame; stupid.
  • Synonyms Lazy, Slothful, etc. (see idle); slack, supine, phlegmatic, apathetic.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (of business) not active or brisk
  • adj. moving slowly
  • adj. slow and apathetic
    • Equivalent
    inactive    slow   
    Cross Reference
    dull    insensible    slow   
    Form
    sluggishness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    inert    inactive    drowsy    idle    dronish   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    torpid    lazy    slow    listless    stagnant   
     
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