sluggishness
4
4.4
- noun
- /ˈslʌɡɪʃnəs/
:
lentitud
- But these propitious international circumstances are far from assured with such persistent sluggishness in the U.S. economy and a global economic slowdown.
- high in sluggishness
So fear against anger, he says anger against sluggishness, desire against fear.
- So fear against anger, he says anger against sluggishness, desire against fear.
- Even your thought change, it's just sluggishness change.
Examples
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Some politicians and economists, notably Paul Krugman of Princeton and the New York Times op-ed page, have argued that the persistent sluggishness of the economy is the result of not doing enough.
Academic text (2010) -
Over time in 4, I have started to notice a bit of sluggishness.
Blog text (15) -
But I finally equated afternoon sluggishness to my mass coffee drinking.
Blog text (25) -
The children moved drowsily, and she was annoyed at their sluggishness.
Fiction book (1996) -
A fever was the first sign, and then sluggishness, stumbling, a craving for water, then death.
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By the end of 1992, despite the economic sluggishness of the early 1990s, industrial capacity was almost 9 percent greater, evidencing continuous growth since 1987.
Academic text (1994) -
The best she could summon was a sort of perpetual sluggishness, in which she noticed almost everything she didn't do but almost nothing she actually did.
Fiction book (1996) -
The patient's sluggishness made it difficult for him to get out of bed in the morning.
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After a long day at work, I felt a sense of sluggishness that kept me from being productive at home.
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The team's sluggishness in responding to emails led to missed opportunities and delays in the project.
Synonyms
20
3.1
A strong feeling of being very tired in body or mind
13
4.6
Not wanting to work or make an effort
12
6.3
A feeling of tiredness and low energy
8
4.5
A time when someone is not working or active
3
9.3
A feeling of being very tired and having little energy
2
8.3
A feeling of being very tired and moving slowly
2
6.8
A feeling of little energy and no interest
1
2.1
A relaxed, slow feeling like on a vacation morning
1
9.9
A state of being inactive and lacking energy
1
8.1
A habit of not wanting to work or make any effort
A time when the body or mind is slow and has little energy
A feeling of being heavy, slow, and very tired
A slow, dull feeling that makes you tired
A period of not doing anything or moving
A feeling of great weakness and tiredness
Feeling sleepy and not fully awake
Spending most of the day sitting and moving very little
A state of being weak, tired and no longer effective
Antonyms
How Energetic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sluggishness comes from slug, the slow, soft animal, and from sluggish, which means 'slow' or 'lazy'. The ending -ness turns it into a 'state', so sluggishness is the state of being slow, inactive, or 'without energy'.