1
as in slow
moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed
the sluggish pace of the project is worrisome
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as in sleepy
slow to move or act
reptiles are naturally sluggish at low temperatures
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Recent Examples of sluggish
However, the mouse controls still top a sluggish analog stick.
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Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 5 Apr. 2025
Microsoft’s initial response was sluggish — Netscape, the dominant browser startup co-founded by Mosaic creator Marc Andreessen, was quickly becoming the face of the internet era — but the subsequent pivot to everything internet was comprehensive.
—Jackie Snow, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025
That has not been the case yet: the stock market has plummeted and business anecdotes point to sluggish demand and higher prices.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
The junta’s sluggish response to the 2008 cyclone ramped up scrutiny of the military government at the time and placed pressure on it to change, eventually leading to the rise of a civilian government, albeit short-lived.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 3 Apr. 2025
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Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 5 Apr. 2025
Microsoft’s initial response was sluggish — Netscape, the dominant browser startup co-founded by Mosaic creator Marc Andreessen, was quickly becoming the face of the internet era — but the subsequent pivot to everything internet was comprehensive.
—Jackie Snow, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025
That has not been the case yet: the stock market has plummeted and business anecdotes point to sluggish demand and higher prices.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
The junta’s sluggish response to the 2008 cyclone ramped up scrutiny of the military government at the time and placed pressure on it to change, eventually leading to the rise of a civilian government, albeit short-lived.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sluggish
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The building Celine now occupies what used to be a slow pop-up for Dior and Loro Piana.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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Samsung is neck and neck with Google, but its updates are often slower and more limited on older phones.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
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Submissions already include some stunning wildlife photography, including a sleepy lion cub on a dirt road, a mountain goat standing in a field of wildflowers, and a rhinoceros strolling in India.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
10 Apr. 2025
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Turning off bright bedroom-ceiling lights and flicking on table or floor lamps can help your brain ease into sleepy mode each evening.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Radium Performance View 4 Images Some electric skateboards are nice sedate things, designed for leisurely commutes on city sidewalks.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
7 Apr. 2025
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The two even took a leisurely Sunday stroll around the course, savoring every moment.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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For the rest of us, a real musical comedy is a cause for celebration; most are either too tuneless to be musicals or too dull to be comedies.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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The additional compounds in matcha dull this effect.—
Helen Carefoot,
Verywell Health,
11 Apr. 2025
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But his first few weeks in office have been disappointingly lethargic, in contrast to the focused energy coming from the White House.—
Adrian Wooldridge,
Twin Cities,
6 Apr. 2025
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But the narrative of a lethargic civil service in bad need of work discipline was set in motion.—
Charlie Tyson,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Sluggish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sluggish. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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