slow-moving

[sloh-moo-ving]

adjective

1. proceeding with or characterized by slow, sluggish, or leisurely movement or activity.

Word History and Origins

Origin of slow-moving¹

First recorded in 1635–45

Example Sentences

They formed when slow-moving mixtures of ice and debris traveled across the surface, similar to the behavior of glaciers on Earth, and eventually became covered by a thicker layer of rocky material.

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Its present size and depth, approximately 350 km wide, line up well with predictions for these slow-moving mantle instabilities.

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Although its magma held a high amount of gas and was capable of a major explosion, the eruption initially produced a slow-moving lava flow inside the cone.

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Detecting slow-moving, low-flying craft that are often no bigger than birds and not always visible on radars is hard.

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Litter was floating on top of this slow-moving sludge of sewage.

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Related Words

• easy 
• gradual 
• heavy 
• lackadaisical 
• leisurely 
• lethargic 
• moderate 
• passive 
• quiet 
• reluctant 
• sluggish 
• stagnant