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slug·gish       [sluhg-ish] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.indisposed to action or exertion; lacking in energy; lazy; indolent: a sluggish disposition.
2.not acting or working with full vigor, as bodily organs: a sluggish liver.
3.slow to act or respond: a sluggish car engine.
4.moving slowly, or having little motion, as a stream.
5.slow, as motion.
6.slack, as trade, business, or sales.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME slugissh. See slug1, -ish1]

—Related forms
slug·gish·ly, adverb
slug·gish·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. slow, slothful. See inactive.
—Antonyms 1. quick, active.
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slug·gish       (slŭg'ĭsh)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Displaying little movement or activity; slow; inactive: a sluggish stream; sluggish growth.
  2. Lacking alertness, vigor, or energy; inert or indolent.
  3. Slow to perform or respond to stimulation.


[Middle English, probably from slugge, lazy person; see slug2.]

slug'gish·ly adv., slug'gish·ness n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
sluggish 
1440, from M.E. slugge "lazy person" (see sluggard). Earlier adj. was sluggi (c.1225).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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sluggish

adjective
1. moving slowly; "a sluggish stream" 
2. (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market" [syn: dull] 
3. slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age" [syn: inert] 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Sluggish

Slug"gish\, a. 1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.

2. Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.

3. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.

Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself. --Woodward.

And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect. --Longfellow.

4. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple. [R.] "So sluggish a conceit." --Milton.

Syn: Inert; idle; lazy; slothful; indolent; dronish; slow; dull; drowsy; inactive. See Inert. -- Slug"gish*ly, adv. -- Slug"gish*ness, n.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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