Word Finder - sluggish

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Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive

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a sluggish man

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Slow; having little motion

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Having no power to move oneself or itself; inert.

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Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.

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Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.

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Inflation has been rising despite sluggish economy.

She felt sluggish in comparison.

Social life was sluggish in some ways and wild in others.

They are very sluggish and do not divide.

The shallowness of the lower stream, where the current is sluggish, is probably due to the great quantities of silt brought down by these floods.

In the student sensuality is a sluggish habit of mind.

It is intersected by the sluggish Park river, which is spanned by ten bridges.

Most of the large Texas rivers have deposited great quantities of silt along their lower courses on the Coastal Plain, where the current is often sluggish and the banks are periodically overflowed.

Their movements are extremely sluggish.

The great rivers of Australia, draining inland, carve out valleys, dissolve limestone, and spread out their deposit over the plains when the waters become too sluggish to bear their burden farther.

Almost all secondary water-courses, particularly if they have sluggish currents, are known as bayous.

Handsome houses were built along the banks of the sluggish rivers, and numerous slaves were employed.

The change from storm and winter to serene and mild weather, from dark and sluggish hours to bright and elastic ones, is a memorable crisis which all things proclaim.

He guided the horse with his legs, testing its sluggish responsiveness as the attackers prepared to pounce.

The first is flaccid and sluggish in its movements, and has not much power of contraction; its epipodial lobes are enormously developed and extend far forward along the body; it gives out when handled an abundance of purple liquid, which is derived from cutaneous glands situated on the under side of the free edge of the mantle.

Spiky plants can bring bad energy, but they can also reactivate areas of sluggish energy in the home, thus moving chi around.

I've only used Fireworks a bit but I do find it gets really sluggish.

Paired with a sluggish economy, indoor tanning isn't exactly what it used to be in terms of demand.

Wasps, bees and hornets, generically known as hachi, differ little from their European types, except that they are somewhat larger and more sluggish.

Intellectually, too, they were somewhat sluggish, careless and unbusinesslike.

Their sons are big, stout men, but when they lead inactive lives are apt to become fat and sluggish.

The great drawback to this region is defective drainage; the streams have too sluggish a current to carry off the water in the rainy season.

Lake Titicaca receives the waters of several short streams from the neighbouring heights and discharges through the Desaguadero, a sluggish river flowing south for 184 m.

The cases of ordinary clean water and alcohol are strongly contrasted, the motion of the needle upon the former being comparatively sluggish.

It was a wake-up call for the sluggish hosts and proved equally pivotal as they took the lead two minutes later.

My two-year-old cat came in today and lay down and was sluggish.

Doctors estimate that this waste can weigh anywhere from 3-12 pounds and makes you tired and sluggish.

This blood sugar roller coaster also makes you sluggish and snacky.

For outdoor enthusiasts, keeping healthy on a plant-based diet is a good idea, instead of a meaty diet that can make you feel sluggish.

From catching Roach, Bream and Chub from a sluggish Bristol Avon to the sometimes frantic sport encountered on the modern-day commercial waters.

Some rather sluggish running followed to Ferryhill, where we stopped briefly.

This was found to result in the applets having a somewhat sluggish response.

He feels inflation will be kept under control due to relatively sluggish growth and favorable commodity prices.

An occasionally slightly sluggish performance by the orchestra didn't seem to hinder the fluidity of movement on the stage.

Far from surging, growth in European garment imports from China in 2005 may actually have been quite sluggish.

They can make computers sluggish or cause them to crash.

His breath came in rasping bursts, his lungs felt sluggish from all the sand he had breathed in.

Far from there being an upsurge in investment, the real level remains sluggish.

The spaceships climb rate seemed sluggish to Jeff Tracy's experienced eyes.

White sugar causes these defenders to become sluggish in their work, thereby lowering resistance to disease.

There may also be visual hallucinations, and people with this disease can become stiff, sluggish and suffer tremors.

If you feel fatigued or overly sluggish, or if you notice twinges of muscular pain, ease up on your training.

The sluggish puff-adder (Clotho arietans) is common and very dangerous.

Beyond Utrecht, where it is again diminished by the divergence of the Vecht to the Zuider Zee, the river under the name of the "Oude Rijn," or Old Rhine, degenerates into a sluggish and almost stagnant stream, which requires the artificial aid of a canal and of sluices in finding its way to the sea.

Of the Suchiate and Hondo, which form part of Mexico's southern boundary, the first is a short, impetuous mountain torrent flowing into the Pacific, and the other a sluggish lowland stream rising in north-eastern Guatemala and flowing north-east through a heavily forested region to Chetumal Bay.

The domesticated waterbuffalo is sluggish in its movements, and will not work through the heat of the day; but it is a wonderful swimmer, and makes its way through the worst quagmire with ease.

The Meta rises on the opposite side of the Cordillera from Bogota, and flows with a sluggish current east-north-east across the llanos to the Orinoco, into which it discharges below the Atures rapids, in lat.

An occasionally slightly sluggish performance by the orchestra did n't seem to hinder the fluidity of movement on the stage.

The auto box 's pick-up was far too sluggish to be a serious contender.

Despite the sluggish economy, almost half of respondents reported growth during the past 12 months.

An individual can go into hospital for various x-rays to test for a sluggish bowel.