sluggish
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.
slack, as trade, business, or sales.
Origin of sluggish
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Other words for sluggish
Opposites for sluggish
Other words from sluggish
- slug·gish·ly, adverb
- slug·gish·ness, noun
- un·slug·gish, adjective
- un·slug·gish·ly, adverb
- un·slug·gish·ness, noun
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How to use sluggish in a sentence
Reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, restoring habitat, and cleaning up polluted sites can be a sluggish process without immediate reward.
Bird songs got sexier during the COVID-19 shutdown | Ula Chrobak | September 24, 2020 | Popular-ScienceIf your internet is still sluggish, the issue may be more local.
Jerry Brown fired Miller in the fall of 2011 as he sought to revive California’s sluggish economy.
Oil Companies Are Profiting From Illegal Spills. And California Lets Them. | by Janet Wilson, The Desert Sun, and Lylla Younes, ProPublica | September 18, 2020 | ProPublicaIf you’re feeling a little more sluggish than usual after months upon months of working and socializing from home, you aren’t alone.
The safest ways to exercise during a pandemic | Sara Kiley Watson | September 9, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThat business was sluggish in the spring, Sibley said, though it has begun to come back over the past couple weeks.
‘A healthy rebound’: Programmatic rally continues for publishers | Max Willens | September 3, 2020 | Digiday
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.
Leaky Ceilings, Catcalls, and Uncaged Pythons: 4 Hours on NYC’s Worst Subway | Kevin Zawacki | August 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut if the sluggish status quo persists, then the candidate of “hope and change” will likely leave as divisive as his predecessor.
Worst Fifth Year Ever? Maybe. But the Economy Will be the Judge of Obama | Jamelle Bouie | December 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLocal authorities and international donors have come under intense criticism for what many see as a sluggish response.
Typhoon Haiyan: The Philippine Village that Lost Its Men | The Telegraph | November 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe economy is still sluggish, unemployment is still high, and struggling families still need these benefits.
GOP Aims to Cut $40 Billion Out of Food Stamps to Foil Illusory ‘Cheaters’ | Jamelle Bouie | September 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIf he had set out to arouse emotion in these two sluggish breasts he had done so with a vengeance.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeThey set their club-topsail to catch the upper airs, but the last hour was sluggish sailing.
The Rival Campers Afloat | Ruel Perley SmithThe Poles were either (p. 002) dull and sluggish boors or haughty and elegant, pleasure-loving nobles.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan SloaneThe long inactive, sluggish ecclesiastics suddenly seemed to feel the vigor to resist and the power to lead.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan SloaneAll three were natives of the soil, and somewhat sluggish in nature, like its sticky red shale.
The Butterfly House | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
British Dictionary definitions for sluggish
/ (ˈslʌɡɪʃ) /
lacking energy; inactive; slow-moving
functioning at below normal rate or level
exhibiting poor response to stimulation
Derived forms of sluggish
- sluggishly, adverb
- sluggishness, noun
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