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sluggish

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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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.sluggish - moving slowly; "a sluggish stream"
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"
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.sluggishsluggish - slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"
inactive - not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"

sluggish
Translations
Spanish sluggish [ˈslʌgɪʃ] adj (= slow) → lento (= lazy); perezoso; [business, market, sales] → inactivo
French sluggish [ˈslʌgɪʃ] slug adj [person] → mou(molle)lent(e); [stream, engine, trading] → lent(e); [business, sales] → stagnant(e)
German sluggish [ˈslʌgɪʃ] adjträge;
(engine) → lahm;
(Comm) → flau

Italian sluggish [ˈslʌgɪʃ] adjlento/a; [business, market, sales] → stagnante, fiacco/a

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So much the more reason was there, too, in her determination, in that Holland is the home of fetes; never did sluggish natures manifest more eager energy of the singing and dancing sort than those of the good republicans of the Seven Provinces when amusement was the order of the day.
A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return.
His father was a carpenter, and they dwelt in a little old red-brick house, neat and clean, by the side of a sluggish canal.
 
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