sluggish

slug·gish  (slgsh)

adj.

1. Displaying little movement or activity; slow; inactive: a sluggish stream; sluggish growth.

2. Lacking alertness, vigor, or energy; inert or indolent.

3. Slow to perform or respond to stimulation.

---

[Middle English, probably from slugge, lazy person; see slug².]

---

sluggish·ly adv.

sluggish·ness n.

---

sluggish

Adjective

1. lacking energy

2. moving or working at slower than the normal rate: the sluggish waters of the canal

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	sluggish - moving slowly; "a sluggish stream" sulky slow - not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth"
	2.	sluggish - (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market" slow, dull business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" inactive - lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"
	3.	sluggish - slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age" torpid, inert, soggy inactive - not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"

---

sluggish

adjective inactive, slow, lethargic, listless, heavy, dull, lifeless, inert, slow-moving, unresponsive, phlegmatic, indolent, torpid, slothful << OPPOSITE energetic

Translations

sluggish [ˈslʌgɪʃ] adj (= slow) → lento (= lazy); perezoso; [business, market, sales] → inactivo

sluggish [ˈslʌgɪʃ] slug adj [person] → mou(molle) → lent(e); [stream, engine, trading] → lent(e); [business, sales] → stagnant(e)

sluggish [ˈslʌgɪʃ] adj → träge;

(engine) → lahm;

(Comm) → flau

sluggish [ˈslʌgɪʃ] adj → lento/a; [business, market, sales] → stagnante, fiacco/a