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
  • No more distractions, no more lingering questions, just a baller who loves this sport and continues to level up.
    — Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • Although the treatment significantly reduced the cancer, follow-up exams showed lingering traces of the disease.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of lingering
Adjective
  • Third-quarter duel Clark and Bueckers put on a show in the third quarter, helping their teams emerge from a sluggish first half.
    — James Boyd, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • In recent months, the combination of sluggish pay and surging prices has prompted many shoppers to draw down savings and take on debt, Boussor said.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Aug. 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
  • Isbell’s lyrics unfold in that long, leisurely way that the hottest months of the year do, recounting unhurried gatherings of friends and family.
    — Casey Cep, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Few things slow a trip down (in the best way) quite like an unhurried game of chess.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of unhurried
Adjective
  • If the trial court decides that the movant was simply dilatory or lazy, the trial court could rightly decide that good cause does not exist to allow the late filing of the special motion.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • 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
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
  • During the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, activists from the gay community lambasted him and his institute for the plodding pace of research on the virus.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
  • The audience was still as the band started playing a plodding rhythm.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
Definition of plodding
Adjective
  • For comparison, the Canon CP1500—a speed demon for the 4-by-6-inch photo category—took roughly 40 seconds per photo, while the HP Sprocket Studio Plus averaged a pokey 121 seconds.
    — M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 2 Aug. 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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“Ultraslow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ultraslow. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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