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[ US /ˈsɫəɡɪʃ/ ]
[ UK /slˈʌɡɪʃ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. (of business) not active or brisk
    a sluggish market
    business is dull (or slow)
  2. moving slowly
    a sluggish stream
  3. 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.
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