Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or character of being sluggish, in any sense of that word.

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  • noun The property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly.
  • noun The state of economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
  • noun the pace of things that move relatively slowly
  • noun a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)

Etymologies

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sluggish +‎ -ness

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