Definition of Sluggish

Sluggish

Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.

Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.

Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.

Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.

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Sluggish Quotations

There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten.
Samuel Johnson

Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves.
Ovid

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.
Walter Scott

The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.
John W. Gardner

I don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish.
Brian May

The difficulty for Mr. Obama will be when the public sees where his decisions lead - higher inflation, higher interest rates, higher taxes, sluggish growth, and a jobless recovery.
Karl Rove

In a time of serious budget deficits, immense war costs and a sluggish economy, we cannot afford to grant such outlandish subsidies to some of our Nation's largest corporations.
Ron Kind

I'm much more prone to feeling down a lot. I just feel sluggish and unmotivated.
Sean Astin

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Sluggish Translations

sluggish in German is faul

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