sluggish
adjective
indisposed to action or exertion; lacking in energy; lazy; indolent.
sluggishly
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a word derived from
sluggish.
Example Sentences
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The project has been moving sluggishly for the past two years due to local pushback citing a lack of infrastructure to support the new housing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Sinner started the second set sluggishly and had to come from 15-40 down in his opening service game before Alcaraz broke to go 2-1 ahead and hold for 3-1.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
The play is verbose, the plot is sluggishly novelistic and the operatic scale is indulgent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
She added that the Bureau of Prisons has “proceeded sluggishly with intentional disregard of the inmates’ constitutional rights despite being fully apprised of the situation for years.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
Her half-finished antidote, comprising fifty-two ingredients, including a chunk of her own hair, bubbled sluggishly behind Slughorn, who had eyes for nobody but Harry.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
