Sluggish has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
moving slowly
"a sluggish stream"
2
(of business) not active or brisk
"business is dull (or slow)"
"a sluggish market"
3
slow and apathetic
"she was fat and inert"
"a sluggish worker"
"a mind grown torpid in old age"
4
Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive
"The team's progress stalled because their leader has been so sluggish that no new tasks have ever reached the board."
Example Sentences
"a sluggish stream"
adjective
"business is dull (or slow)"
adjective
"a sluggish market"
adjective
"she was fat and inert"
adjective
"a sluggish worker"
adjective
"a mind grown torpid in old age"
adjective
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