sluggishness
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sluggishness
noun sluggishnesses
- The property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly.
- The state of economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth. 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.
Opposite: nimbleness
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Opposite: nimbleness
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Talk about this word "sluggishness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sluggishness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sluggishness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sluggishness "sluggishness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sluggishness.Cite this
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title = {sluggishness},
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