ultraslow

adjective

Definition of ultraslownext
as in crawling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ultraslow
  1. lingering
  2. sluggish
  3. laggard
  4. unhurried
  5. dilatory
  6. slowish
  7. plodding
  8. poky
Adjective
  • Communities near the Canadian fires could see lingering impacts into the weekend as long as fires continue burning and winds keep transporting smoke south.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 15 July 2026
  • Thomas missed 57 games last season, mostly because of the same lingering left hamstring issue.
    — C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
Definition of lingering
Adjective
  • The Space Development Agency was established in 2019 to help speed up the deployment of US military space systems by sidestepping the Pentagon’s traditional sluggish bureaucracy.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
  • The result was several years of sluggish orders, flat-to-declining earnings, and investor concerns that Danaher's best days were behind it.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Definition of sluggish
Adjective
  • Frustrated by a laggard job market, some young people have started to consider entering the trades.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • But one laggard turkey, lazier than the others, took flight just ten paces from Brillat-Savarin.
    — Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2025
Definition of laggard
Adjective
  • The appetite is for fewer, richer experiences, deeper cultural immersion, unhurried wellness and enough time in one place to actually feel the benefit before flying home.
    — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Recording at a leisurely pace in idyllic locations in the Bahamas and France seems to have seeped into the album’s unhurried, immersive mood.
    — Al Shipley, SPIN, 30 June 2026
Definition of unhurried
Adjective
  • Even when progress is made—like 2017’s commitment to allow American credit cards into China—Beijing is dilatory on execution.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 7 May 2026
  • He can’t be blamed for the agency’s dilatory response to problems at the plant.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 25 May 2022
Definition of dilatory
Adjective
  • Outside of slowish feet, Suniev is the complete package as a player.
    — Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Yadav and Rohit Sharma combined for 53 off 40 balls but the slowish Delhi pitch didn’t allow the Mumbai stars to run away.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
Definition of slowish
Adjective
  • Brunson was too small (6-foot-2), not long enough (with a 6-foot-4 wingspan) and too plodding.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
  • Neither is known for having much of an off-the-dribble game that could hurt the plodding Porzingis or Horford.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of plodding
Adjective
  • The loadout on sale here differs from our review model in a few ways, notably swapping an AMD Ryzen 5 processor in for the poky 12th-generation Intel Core i3 and doubling the RAM.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 3 July 2026
  • The region’s pokey residential construction pace is a big factor.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 27 Jan. 2026
Definition of poky
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