sluggishness meaning and definition

SLUGGISHNESS noun

Definition of sluggishness (noun)

1. a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
   • synonyms: lassitude, lethargy
2. the pace of things that move relatively slowly
   • "the sluggishness of the economy"; "the sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold"
3. inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
   • "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends"
   • synonyms: flatness, languor, lethargy, phlegm