01 a. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.
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Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.
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Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.
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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.
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Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.[R.]