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sluggish

[ sluhg-ish ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

indisposed to action or exertion; lacking in energy; lazy; indolent:
a sluggish disposition.
Synonyms: slothful, slow
Antonyms: active, quick
not acting or working with full vigor, as bodily organs:
a sluggish liver.
slow to act or respond:
a sluggish car engine.
moving slowly, or having little motion, as a stream.
slow, as motion.
slack, as trade, business, or sales.

sluggish

/ ˈslʌɡɪʃ /

First recorded in 1400–50, sluggish is from the late Middle English word slugissh. See slug ¹, -ish ¹

Yet, this year, even with God and Country counting on us, Black Friday sales were reportedly sluggish.

Dolores has abundant gripes, late arrivals, and a sluggish pace among them.

But if the sluggish status quo persists, then the candidate of “hope and change” will likely leave as divisive as his predecessor.

Local authorities and international donors have come under intense criticism for what many see as a sluggish response.

The economy is still sluggish, unemployment is still high, and struggling families still need these benefits.

If he had set out to arouse emotion in these two sluggish breasts he had done so with a vengeance.

They set their club-topsail to catch the upper airs, but the last hour was sluggish sailing.

The Poles were either (p. 002) dull and sluggish boors or haughty and elegant, pleasure-loving nobles.

The long inactive, sluggish ecclesiastics suddenly seemed to feel the vigor to resist and the power to lead.

All three were natives of the soil, and somewhat sluggish in nature, like its sticky red shale.

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