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US
/ˈsɫəɡɪʃ/
]
[ UK /slˈʌɡɪʃ/ ]
[ UK /slˈʌɡɪʃ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
(of business) not active or brisk
a sluggish market
business is dull (or slow) -
moving slowly
a sluggish stream -
slow and apathetic
a sluggish worker
a mind grown torpid in old age
she was fat and inert
How To Use sluggish In A Sentence
- Whether these positive initiatives will be enough to overcome disappointment on the limited over-all budget reduction will depend on the extent to which the investor is willing to look beyond near-term sluggishness in North American growth. Budget '85 Special Meeting of The Empire Club of Canada
- Statistics paint a sobering picture — unemployment, tight credit, lower home values, sluggish job growth.
- The electronic power-assisted steering feels well weighted, with a slow rack ratio but an on-centre sluggishness, which is safe and steady but not at all responsive. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
- Engines usually idle slower and are sluggish to respond until they warm up.
- If you feel sluggish in the morning, use turquoise tones in the bathroom. The Sun
- His departure from Time Warner coincided with sluggish operating results at the cable channel.
- In spite of the complexities of spanning the globe and a sluggish economic environment, most of these tech transnationals have been delivering outstanding financial results.
- I think the days that I haven't been active is when I start feeling very sluggish and I lose the energy, I don't think as clearly.
- Alex woke late feeling tired and sluggish.
- They said China relies heavily on exports, though its export growth is expected to slow down due to the sluggish world economy.