sluggishness (noun)

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• sluggishness — sluggish slug‧gish [ˈslʌgɪʆ] adjective happening or reacting more slowly than usual: • Trading activity has been sluggish all week. • sluggish consumer demand sluggishly adverb : • Economists predict that taxable income will grow only sluggishly …   Financial and business terms

• sluggishness — sluggish ► ADJECTIVE 1) slow moving or inactive. 2) lacking energy or alertness. DERIVATIVES sluggishly adverb sluggishness noun …   English terms dictionary

• sluggishness — noun 1. inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends • Syn: ↑languor, ↑lethargy, ↑phlegm, ↑flatness • Derivationally related forms: ↑phlegmatic ( …   Useful english dictionary

• sluggishness — noun see sluggish …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sluggishness — noun The property of being sluggish; unable or unwilling to act quickly …   Wiktionary

• sluggishness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. apathy, drowsiness, lethargy; see fatigue , lassitude , laziness . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. A deficiency in mental and physical alertness and activity: dullness, hebetude, languidness, languor, lassitude,… …   English dictionary for students

• sluggish — slug‧gish [ˈslʌgɪʆ] adjective happening or reacting more slowly than usual: • Trading activity has been sluggish all week. • sluggish consumer demand sluggishly adverb : • Economists predict that taxable income will grow only sluggishly.… …   Financial and business terms

• sluggishly — sluggish slug‧gish [ˈslʌgɪʆ] adjective happening or reacting more slowly than usual: • Trading activity has been sluggish all week. • sluggish consumer demand sluggishly adverb : • Economists predict that taxable income will grow only sluggishly …   Financial and business terms

• sluggish — adjective slow moving or inactive. ↘lacking energy or alertness. Derivatives sluggishly adverb sluggishness noun Origin ME: from the noun slug1 or the verb slug (see sluggard) + ish1 …   English new terms dictionary

• sluggish — adjective Date: 15th century 1. averse to activity or exertion ; indolent; also torpid 2. slow to respond (as to stimulation or treatment) 3. a. markedly slow in movement, flow, or growth b. economically inactive or slow • sluggishly adverb • …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sluggish — adjective moving or reacting more slowly than normal: I always feel sluggish first thing in the morning. | the company s sluggish sales performance sluggishly adverb: The stream flows sluggishly through the fields. sluggishness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English