English

Adjective

sluggish ‎(comparative sluggisher or more sluggish, superlative sluggishest or most sluggish)

1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.

   And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

   • 1911: Ameen Rihani, The Book of Khalid, p.37

     He helps us to understand the insignificant points which mark the rapid undercurrents of the seemingly sluggish soul of Khalid.

2. Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.
3. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.

   Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself. -- Woodward

4. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
5. Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.

   Inflation has been rising despite sluggish economy.

Quotations

• So sluggish a conceit. -- John Milton

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:lazy
• See also Wikisaurus:slow

Derived terms

• sluggishness

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