Definition of sluggish
sluggishly
adverbsluggishness
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Examples of sluggish in a Sentence
The game picked up after a sluggish start.
the sluggish pace of the project is worrisome
Recent Examples of sluggish from the Web
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A sluggish offensive attack plus a couple of defensive breakdowns equaled the end of FC Kansas City’s four-game unbeaten streak on Saturday in Cary, N.C.
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Their frustration reflects a major factor slowing a still-sluggish U.S. economy: The inability of many to tap their home equity.
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Pay gains may be weak in part because one crucial ingredient for economic growth -- worker productivity -- has been sluggish.
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That’s hard for the Fed to promise in the current era of sluggish growth, one in which both interest rates and inflation have tended to come in lower than expected.
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While a combination of factors are cited for the sluggish tax collections, one of the biggest is the impact of President Donald Trump.
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Both clubs played some sluggish baseball earlier in the year, but as the Cubs come to Dodger Stadium for a weekend series, both appear to be rounding into form for a rematch of the 2016 National League Championship Series.
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The Chicago metro area hit record-low unemployment in April, but state officials highlighted sluggish job growth and declining labor force participation as no reason to celebrate.
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A final engine burn last October was to put Juno in a 14-day orbit, but a pair of sluggish valves in the fuel system led mission managers to forgo that, and Juno remains in the 53-day orbit instead.
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First Known Use of sluggish
15th century
SLUGGISH Defined for English Language Learners
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: moving slowly or lazily
SLUGGISH Defined for Kids
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: slow in movement or reaction … his sluggish brain was hardly working at all. — Dick King-Smith, Pigs Might Fly
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: markedly slow in movement, progression, or response sluggish healing
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