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sluggishness

/'sləɡɪʃnɛs/

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

lassitude lethargy

type of:
torpidity torpor
noun
inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
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"the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends"

Similar:

flatness languor lethargy phlegm

type of:
inertia inactivity inactiveness
noun
the pace of things that move relatively slowly
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"the sluggishness of the economy" "the sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold"

type of:
pace rate

Examples of sluggishness

"the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends"
"the sluggishness of the economy"
"the sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold"