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SLUGGISH definition: 1. moving or operating more slowly than usual and with less energy or power: 2. moving or…. Learn more.
The meaning of SLUGGISH is averse to activity or exertion : indolent; also : torpid. How to use sluggish in a sentence.
When you are feeling draggy — positively slug-like — you are sluggish, or slow. If cookie sales are sluggish at your bake sale, you are selling very few treats. Just about anything can be sluggish.
Sluggish definition: indisposed to action or exertion; lacking in energy; lazy; indolent. See examples of SLUGGISH used in a sentence.
You can describe something as sluggish if it moves, works, or reacts much slower than you would like or is normal. The economy remains sluggish. Circulation is much more sluggish in the feet than in the hands.
SLUGGISH meaning: 1. moving or operating more slowly than usual and with less energy or power: 2. moving or…. Learn more.
adj. 1. indisposed to action or exertion; lazy; indolent. 2. not functioning with full vigor, as bodily organs. 3. slow to act or respond: a sluggish engine. 4. slow or slow-moving, as a stream. 5. slack, as sales. slug′gish•ly, adv. slug′gish•ness, n.
adjective. /ˈslʌɡɪʃ/ moving, reacting or working more slowly than normal. sluggish traffic. a sluggish economy. the sluggish black waters of the canal. He felt very heavy and sluggish after the meal. The growth of the export market has helped to compensate for sluggish demand at home. Sales were sluggish. Topics Personal qualities c2.
moving or working more slowly than usual: a sluggish economy. I felt really sluggish after lunch. (Definition of sluggish from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
animated, arduous, furious, vigorous. similar words: apathetic, idle, inert, languid, lifeless, logy, otiose, slack, spiritless, stagnant, tardy, torpid. definition 3: not working at full capacity; slow to react when stimulated. Getting more fiber helps with sluggish digestion. synonyms: lazy, unresponsive. antonyms:
