HOW TO PRONOUNCE
sluggish
/ˈslʌɡɪʃ/
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What does sluggish mean?
adjective
- Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive
- Slow; having little motion.
- Having no power to move oneself or itself; inert.
More meanings (2)
adjective
- Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
- Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow, or subnormal growth.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈslʌɡɪʃ/
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The heart, we are told, wears out early in that high atmosphere, but while it pumps it sends out no sluggish stream.
Even him, when sore disease or sluggish eld Now saps his strength, pen fast at home, and spare His not inglorious age.
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The lime was burning with a sluggish stifling smell, but the fires were made up and left, and no workmen were visible.
Far to the left a sluggish creek winds slowly along through the plain, its banks fringed with acacias and wild rose jungle.
A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return.