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sluggish

[sluhg-ish]

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adjective

indisposed to action or exertion; lacking in energy; lazy; indolent: a sluggish disposition.

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.

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slack, as trade, business, or sales.

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English slugissh. See slug¹, -ish¹

Related forms

slug·gish·ly, adverb

slug·gish·ness, noun

un·slug·gish, adjective

un·slug·gish·ly, adverb

un·slug·gish·ness, noun

Synonyms
1. slow, slothful. See inactive.

Antonyms
1. quick, active.

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Example Sentences

The real problem is that many people are struggling because of the sluggish economy.

Few history departments went unscathed when it came to hiring in this year's sluggish economy.

It is also that sluggish growth may prevent it from cutting its deficit significantly.

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The real problem is that many people are struggling because of the sluggish economy.

Few history departments went unscathed when it came to hiring in this year's sluggish economy.

It is also that sluggish growth may prevent it from cutting its deficit significantly.

It grunts, it drools, and it's about as sluggish as a couch potato.

They exhibited much intellectual and physical activity during their dominance, and then they became sluggish and finally degraded.

It shows dinosaurs being dynamic and active at a time when they were generally thought to have been sluggish and stupid.

In fact, in this still sluggish economy, it seems to be one of the few growth industries.

Military-backed efforts to find an effective treatment for post-traumatic stress are making sluggish progress.

And here, the sluggish consumer economy has offered big banks little relief.

So if you're feeling a little sluggish or off, try drinking some water as your first recourse.

America's sluggish recovery will give any challenger a chance.

They are generally sluggish fish but are capable of impressive bursts of speed.

Sluggish blood circulation greatly affects blood flow to your penis.

The worms also make the ants sluggish and prone to waving their abdomens in the air, practically inviting birds to eat them.

Williams looked sluggish and sloppy much of the afternoon.

The modest growth is a reflection of last year's sluggish new-enrollment figures.

America's recovery from a balance-sheet recession was always bound to be sluggish and fragile.

For starters, the current sluggish economy has choked tax revenues and made it difficult and expensive to borrow money.

E-mail delivery has been particularly sluggish during the past two weeks.

Cowen is clearly frustrated with the sluggish speed of the rebuilding process here.

Many developed countries are counting on a surge in exports to boost their own sluggish domestic economies.

Modern researchers have tools that can greatly increase the sluggish pace of species identification.

Over time these programs and files piled up and eventually made the computer extremely sluggish.

Zoteto has made my life much easier, but it is one of the last things tying me to a evermore sluggish firefox.

Growth is sluggish for a few quarters before briskly resuming.

White vinegar has multiple cleaning uses and baking soda is good for scrubbing as well as unsticking sluggish drains.

NewsRack is fully-featured, but can also grow sluggish and takes an age to refresh your feeds.

Even the stockmarket performed better in years of sluggish money growth.

She was sluggish and off balance and had a spot of frostbite on her face.

The result: a bumpy, sluggish experience as you navigate through the device's options.

The regulatory response, though quick at first, became sluggish once politicians thought a crisis had been averted.

Symptoms of hypoglycemia can range from acting sluggish and dull to seizures.

Applications are sluggish to load, and the mouse pointer often trails well behind your hand.

Electric-vehicle batteries may be in similar straits if demand for the cars they might power remains sluggish.

It's a welcome blast from the future past that boosts the show after a somewhat sluggish start.

Brazil's sluggish economy has led many to question its right to membership of that club.

America's recovery is, as yet, disappointingly sluggish.

America's sluggish economic recovery is causing all the trouble.

Sluggish growth in export earnings, mainly caused by low prices for farm products, remains a worry.

How sluggish price-to-earnings ratios may threaten the stock market rally this year.

The shark is a sluggish swimmer and can end up being chum for other marine animals:.

Trade restrictions are exactly the wrong response to a sluggish global economy.

The action contradicts some theories that suggest giant squids are sluggish and use their tentacles to troll for fish.

You'll know it as the sluggish pause between hitting the button and the camera actually snapping a picture.

Lightroom can get a little sluggish at times, and it was certainly snappier.

Many a motor has been condemned because of sluggish action, weak power, lack of.

Keating says the sluggish national economy seemed to generate a good pool for the position.

France blames a strong euro for its sluggish economy.

The record sales are the second big boost for a sluggish video game industry this fall.

But in the second quarter growth was generally sluggish across the single-currency zone.

The turtles become sluggish and lethargic when their body temperatures plunge in the cold.

Once you get that right, the plane flies fine–a bit more sluggish that usual, but nothing too serious.

Five or six windows along one wall let in a sluggish light that does nothing to enhance the greenish glow from the.

The sluggish economy is causing consumers to cut back on mortgages, credit card and other types of consumer loans.

Doctors are allowing older and more sluggish kidneys to be transplanted.

After decades of sluggish progress, the military's prosthetic research has finally seen the light:.

With retailers fighting for customers in the sluggish economic recovery, the generic white.

So it is understandable, particularly at a time of sluggish economic growth.

But a few young people are using reality television and advertising to prod their careers along in this sluggish economy.

Denmark's sluggish response was a textbook case of muddled policy.

As consumers try to pay down those debts, the result will be sluggish demand and thus slower growth.

Abnormally sluggish links are yellow, gridlocked ones are red.

It now appears that consumers have maintained their sluggish pace of spending only by saving less.

And its sluggish legal proceedings can take years to reach the point of indictment.

Companies that eschew extrinsic rewards risk lumbering themselves with sluggish dullards.

But a closer look at the jobs data reveals signs of further slowdown in an already sluggish economy.

Company profits are healthy but investment remains sluggish.

Europe's sluggish performance is often put down to the poor business climate.

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World English Dictionary

sluggish (ˈslʌɡɪʃ)

—*adj*
1.	lacking energy; inactive; slow-moving
2.	functioning at below normal rate or level
3.	exhibiting poor response to stimulation

'sluggishly

—*adv*

'sluggishness

—n

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Word Origin & History

sluggish

mid-15c., from M.E. slugge "lazy person" (see sluggard). Earlier adj. was sluggi (early 13c.).

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