sluggish

[US]/ˈslʌɡɪʃ/
[UK]/ˈslʌɡɪʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. lacking energy or alertness; moving, reacting, or working slowly
n. a state of inactivity or sluggishness in the market; weak market conditions.

Phrases & Collocations

sluggish economy

sluggish market

Example Sentences

a sluggish stream; sluggish growth.

a gentle paddle on sluggish water.

the car had been sluggish all morning.

sluggish krait banded with black and yellow.

she suggests ways to jump-start the sluggish educational system.

under the ford the river backs up, giving a deep sluggish flow.

It may well be called the Concord, the river of peace and quietness;for it is certainly the most unexcitable and sluggish stream that ever loi¬tered imperceptible towards its eternity—the sea.

Real-world Examples

You might start coughing, feel sluggish and have chest pain.

Source: If there is a if.

The snake was sluggish because of the cold weather.

Source: IELTS Vocabulary: Category Recognition

But the sluggish US economic recovery has also contributed to the exodus.

Source: BBC Listening Collection November 2015

The koala is a sluggish, tailless, furry arboreal marsupial.

Source: IELTS Listening

This reduces the battery's power, leading to sluggish acceleration.

Source: The Economist - Technology

Absence of myelin sheath means that the nerve impulses become slow and sluggish.

Source: Osmosis - Nerve

The recovery remains sluggish, but compares well with those of other economies.

Source: The Economist - International

And as sluggish economic growth model is the third one.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

Progress remains equally sluggish when it comes to compensation.

Source: Lean In

And I would feel so sluggish, and awkward, and weird.

Source: Learn American pronunciation with Hadar.

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