sluggish
1. moving slowly (Freq. 2) - a sluggish stream • Syn: sulky • Similar to: slow • Derivationally related forms: sluggishness 2. slow and apathetic - she was fat and inert - a sluggish worker - a mind grown torpid in old age • Syn: inert, soggy, torpid • Similar to: inactive • Derivationally related forms: torpidness (for: torpid), torpidity (for: torpid), sluggishness, inertness (for: inert) 3. (of business) not active or brisk - business is dull (or slow) - a sluggish market • Syn: dull, slow • Similar to: inactive • Derivationally related forms: sluggishness • Topics: commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
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