Sluggishness Definition & Meaning

sluggishness
noun
  1. a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
  2. the pace of things that move relatively slowly; "the sluggishness of the economy"; "the sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold"
  3. inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends"

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  • "medication for sluggishness"
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