sluggishness

Meanings

Plural: sluggishnesses

Noun

• a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)
• the pace of things that move relatively slowly
  • "the sluggishness of the economy"
  • "the sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold"
• inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
  • "the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends"
• The property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly.
• The state of economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.

Synonyms

flatness, languor, lassitude, lethargy, phlegm

Antonyms

nimbleness