sluggishness
Trägheit
The property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quicklyThe property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly.
US/slˈʌɡɪʃnəs/
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable, usually)The property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly.
Trägheit
(uncountable, usually)The state of economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.
More definitions
- the pace of things that move relatively slowly
- inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
- a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
Translations
4 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
the property of being sluggish:
Forms
plural: sluggishnesses| Singular | sluggishness |
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uncountable
Synonyms
5 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsproperty of being sluggish:nimbleness
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedsluggish
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.