Sluggish

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  • adjective. Displaying little movement or activity; slow; inactive.
  • adjective. Lacking alertness, vigor, or energy; inert or indolent.
  • adjective. Slow to perform or respond to stimulation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Slow; having or giving evidence of little motion: as, a sluggish stream.
  • Idle and lazy, habitually or temporarily; indolent; slothful; dull; inactive.
  • Inert; inactive; torpid.
  • Dull; tame; stupid.
  • Synonyms Lazy, Slothful, etc. (see idle); slack, supine, phlegmatic, apathetic.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive.
  • adjective. Slow; having little motion.
  • adjective. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.
  • adjective. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.
  • adjective. Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.
  • adjective. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.
  • adjective. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
  • adjective. Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. (of business) not active or brisk
  • adjective. moving slowly
  • adjective. slow and apathetic
  • cross-reference
    dull  insensible  slow  
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    inactive  slow  
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    clumsy  drowsy  dull  inactive  indolent  
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