 sluggish |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] with little movement; very slow | |
| Examples: | "a sluggish stream" |
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| Related terms: | slow | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (of business) not active or brisk | |
| Synonyms: | dull slow | |
| Examples: | "business is dull (or slow)" "a sluggish market" |
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| Related terms: | commercial_enterprise inactive | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] slow and apathetic | |
| Synonyms: | torpid inert | |
| Examples: | "she was fat and inert" "a sluggish worker" "a mind grown torpid in old age" |
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| Related terms: | inactive | |
| Similar spelling: |
sluggishly |
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