sluggish
adjective
1. moving slowly
- a sluggish stream
2. (of business) inactivity, slow or poor growth.
- a sluggish market
Similar word(s): inactive, dull, slow
3. lazy; slothful; dull; inactive.
- a sluggish worker
Similar word(s): inactive, faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, inert, torpid
Sentences with sluggish as an adjective:
- And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself. -- Woodward
- Inflation has been rising despite sluggish economy.