ultraslow

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ultraslow
Adjective
  • Despite a sluggish offensive start, leaky coverage in the secondary and a failure to consistently pressure Justin Herbert, the Chiefs had a chance to steal the game from the Chargers in Brazil on Friday night.
    Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But progress remains sluggish overall, especially in major markets like Japan and Hong Kong.
    Clifford Coonan, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • August has been particularly strong for small caps, which are up nearly 10% so far, making investors think that this laggard index may finally come back to life.
    Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Bush’s father, President George H.W. Bush, came under fire in 1992 for his laggard response to Andrew in Florida, a Category 5 hurricane with winds that reached 165 mph, shortly before his reelection contest against Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton.
    Julian Zelizer, CNN, 30 Sep. 2022
Adjective
  • This is an operation that prides itself on an unhurried approach.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • In stately, unhurried grandeur, Solomon moved off.
    Jim Tschetter, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Reporting meant hours of conversation in the car; room for asking the same questions over and over; the gradual diminishment of one’s embarrassment about being ignorant or uncertain; a dilatory attitude of quiet listening and watching; the possibility of misunderstandings resolved.
    Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
  • He can’t be blamed for the agency’s dilatory response to problems at the plant.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 25 May 2022
Adjective
  • Occasionally, as in the obscurity of Legion’s later episodes or the plodding pace of some Fargo plots, this approach can verge on self-indulgence.
    Judy Berman, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Yet nothing will ever beat seeing the old cottage itself alongside the Grade II listed Johnny Haynes Stand with its original, poky turnstiles.
    Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The Miata's recipe of feathery bodywork, poky dimensions, a sweet chassis and rear-wheel drive.
    Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Renewed federal support for drilling in the US, combined with languid global oil demand and increasing drilling by OPEC countries, has pushed oil prices to their lowest level since the pandemic.
    Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Loosely scripted and influenced by European auteurs Béla Tarr and Chantal Akerman, these films favored long, choreographed shots, languid pacing and a disregard for Hollywood conventions.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Ultraslow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ultraslow. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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