sluggishness

noun

slug·​gish·​ness

plural -es

: the quality or state of being sluggish: such as

a

: disinclination to activity : indolence

mental sluggishness

b

: slowness of movement

silt adding to the sluggishness of the creek

c

: economic stagnancy

the post-holiday sluggishness of department store sales

Word History

Etymology

Middle English sluggusnes, from sluggus sluggish + -nes -ness

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