sluggish

Definition

Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive

Etymology

From slug + -ish.

Example Sentences

• "a sluggish man"
• "[I]f he leaves the School poſſeſs'd of a ſluggiſh indolent Diſpoſition, and of Learning rather forc'd upon him than choſen, it is probable he will forget what he brought thence; but if he be active, emulous and aſpiring, he will certainly find Time for Reading and Thinking; for tho' it be a homely, it is a true Saying, that where there is a Will, there is a Way."
• "And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect."