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slug⋅gish

  [sluhg-ish]
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–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 slug 1 , -ish 1

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)   
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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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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Language Translation for : sluggish
Spanish: lento, perezoso, inactivo,
German: träge,
Japanese: のろい
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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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Main Entry: slug·gish
Pronunciation: 'sl&g-ish
Function: adjective
: markedly slow in movement, progression, or response <sluggishhealing> —slug·gish·ly adverb —slug·gish·ness noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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