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['slʌgɪʃ]2) econ. [demand, market] fiacco* * *adjective (moving slowly; not active or alert: a sluggish river; I always feel rather sluggish in the mornings.) pigro* * *sluggish /ˈslʌgɪʃ/a.1 indolente; infingardo; inerte; pigro; lento: sluggish temper, carattere indolente; a sluggish stream, un corso d'acqua pigro (o lento); sluggish digestion, digestione lenta● (fig.) to get sluggish, andare a rilento; perdere colpisluggishly avv. sluggishness n. [u].* * *['slʌgɪʃ]2) econ. [demand, market] fiacco
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