SLUGGISHNESS

languor, lethargy, sluggishness, phlegm, flatness

(noun) inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; “the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends”

sluggishness

(noun) the pace of things that move relatively slowly; “the sluggishness of the economy”; “the sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold”

lethargy, lassitude, sluggishness

(noun) a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sluggishness (usually uncountable, plural sluggishnesses)

The property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly.

The state of economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.

Antonyms

• (property of being sluggish): nimbleness

Source: Wiktionary



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