Sluggishness
noun
noun ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly. uncountable, usually
- 2 inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy wordnet
- 3 The state of economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth. uncountable, usually
"And we see such interdependence even more clearly in their economic performance: China’s annual GDP growth rate, for example, will slow by two percentage points this year, owing to sluggishness in the United States and the EU."
- 4 the pace of things that move relatively slowly wordnet
- 5 a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness) wordnet
Example
More examples"And we see such interdependence even more clearly in their economic performance: China’s annual GDP growth rate, for example, will slow by two percentage points this year, owing to sluggishness in the United States and the EU."
Etymology
From sluggish + -ness.