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sluggishness
noun
inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 12
- Starts with
- S
- Ends with
- S
- Contains
- LUGGISHNES
- Scrabble score
- 17
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
Meaning
Definitions
noun
inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
“the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends”
noun
the pace of things that move relatively slowly
“the sluggishness of the economy”
noun
a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
In context
Example Sentences
the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends
the sluggishness of the economy
the sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold
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