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sluggish

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sluggish/ˈslʌɡɪʃ/

▶adjective slow-moving or inactive.

■ lacking energy or alertness.

– derivatives
sluggishly adverb,
sluggishness noun.

– origin ME: from the noun slug1 or the verb slug (see sluggard) + -ish1.

'sluggish' also found in these Oxford entries:

doldrums - electric ray - logy - lymphatic - ooze - puff adder - slow - sluggard - tardy - torpefy - torpid

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