Definition of Sluggish

Slug´gish
a.1.Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.
2.Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.
3.Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.
And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect.
- Longfellow.
4.Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.


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