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sluggish

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  1. 1. a. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert. Source: opted
  4. 4. a. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple. Source: opted
  5. 5. adj. slow or slothful Source: wordnet
  6. 6. adj. (of business) not active or brisk Source: wordnet
  7. 7. adj. slow and apathetic Source: wordnet
  8. 8. 1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man. 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. And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect. Longfellow. 4. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple. [R.] "So sluggish a conceit." Milton. Syn. -- Inert; idle; lazy; slothful; indolent; dronish; slow; dull; drowsy; inactive. See Inert. -- Slug"gish*ly, adv. -- Slug"gish*ness, n. Source: webster

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