sluggish
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Synonyms & Antonyms for sluggish
Synonyms
crawling, creeping, dallying, dawdling, dilatory, dillydallying, dragging, laggard, lagging, languid, leisurely, poking, poky (or pokey), slow, snail-paced, snaillike, tardy, unhurried
Antonyms
barreling, bolting, breakneck, breathless, brisk, careering, dizzy, fast, fleet, flying, hasty, hurrying, lightning, meteoric, quick, racing, rapid, rocketing, running, rushing, scooting, scudding, scurrying, snappy, speeding, speedy, swift, warp-speed, whirling, whirlwind, whisking, zipping
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Because business investment usually lays the groundwork for future economic activity, including hiring workers and producing goods, slow investment today means sluggish growth down the road. — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, "Why Trump's payroll tax cut wouldn't do much for the economy," 20 Aug. 2019 Despite these efforts, anxiety could turn to alarm, and sluggish growth descend into recession. — The Economist, "Markets are braced for a global downturn," 17 Aug. 2019 But there the pain isn't limited to the U.S. New economic data showed sluggish growth in China and Germany, underscoring the effects of Trump's ongoing trade war with Beijing and the unresolved crisis around Brexit. — NBC News, "Racism in America, Wall Street woes, and the Jeffrey Epstein latest: The Morning Rundown," 15 Aug. 2019 The sluggish price growth stems largely from the most expensive markets, where years of price growth have undermined affordability. — BostonGlobe.com, "Germany’s Bayer reports rise in number of Roundup lawsuits," 31 July 2019 The sluggish price growth stems largely from the most expensive markets, where years of price growth have undermined affordability. — Washington Post, "Consumer spending, incomes up in June," 31 July 2019 Helping to boost the stock was news that Snapchat's once sluggish user growth, brought about in part by a redesign that received negative user reviews, has begun to accelerate. — Natalie Jarvey, The Hollywood Reporter, "Snapchat Ends Growth Slump, Adds 13 Million New Users," 23 July 2019 And as Recode’s Peter Kafka writes, this sluggish growth happened before Netflix loses Friends and The Office. — Kat Borgerding, Vox, "Recode Daily: Big Tech told Congress it has plenty of competitors. But does it really?," 18 July 2019 What began as spontaneous protests last December due to sluggish economic growth turned into a massive peaceful uprising that ended with the removal in April of one of Africa’s longest-serving dictators, Omar al-Bashir. — Abdi Latif Dahir, Quartz Africa, "Sudan’s street protests have inspired another revolution—in art," 12 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sluggish.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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