inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid
(adjective) slow and apathetic; “she was fat and inert”; “a sluggish worker”; “a mind grown torpid in old age”
dull, slow, sluggish
(adjective) (of business) not active or brisk; “business is dull (or slow)”; “a sluggish market”
sluggish, sulky
(adjective) moving slowly; “a sluggish stream”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sluggish (comparative sluggisher or more sluggish, superlative sluggishest or most sluggish)
Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive
Slow; having little motion
Having no power to move oneself or itself; inert.
Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.
• See also lazy
• See also slow
• (slow, having little motion): nimble
Source: Wiktionary
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. Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself. Woodward. And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect. Longfellow.
4. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple. [R.] "So sluggish a conceit." Milton.
Syn.
– Inert; idle; lazy; slothful; indolent; dronish; slow; dull; drowsy; inactive. See Inert.
– Slug"gish*ly, adv.
– Slug"gish*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
