Sluggish

Full definition of sluggish

Adjective

1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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
4. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
5. Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.Inflation has been rising despite sluggish economy.

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• sluggishness