sluggish

adjective5

1. •
   Slow; having little motion.

   • Vp thou tame River, vvake; / And from the liquid limbes this slumber shake: / Thou drovvn'st thy selfe in inofficious sleepe; / And these thy sluggish vvaters seeme to creepe, / Rather than flovv. — 1604
2. •
   Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow, or subnormal growth.

   • Inflation has been rising despite a sluggish economy.
3. •
   Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive

   • And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect. — 1874
4. •
   Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
5. •
   Having no power to move oneself or itself; inert.

   • Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself. — 1695