English-Dutch translations for sluggish

• langzaam
  En ook op Cyprus, mijnheer Kyprianou, komt het programma helaas slechts heel langzaam op gang. In Cyprus, too, Mr Kyprianou, progress is still very sluggish.
  Op dit moment is de besluitvorming in de EU te diffuus en te langzaam en dat schept vervreemding. At present, decision-making in the EU is too diffuse and too sluggish, which leads to alienation.
  Wij politici moeten zeer moeilijke besluiten nemen, terwijl wij te maken hebben met trage groei, vergrijzing en een slechts langzaam verbeterende werkgelegenheid. We politicians are faced with very difficult decisions, amid slow growth, an ageing population and an employment situation that is improving only sluggishly.

Definition of sluggish

• Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive
• Slow; having little motion
• Having no power to move oneself or itself; inert
• Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple

Examples

• a sluggish man
• Inflation has been rising despite sluggish economy.
• So sluggish a conceit

Related words

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