Collocations for "sluggish"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "sluggish" in context.
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sluggish
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- am feeling sluggish (this morning)
- am always sluggish before my coffee
- a sluggish start to the [day, morning]
- made a sluggish start to the [game, match, presentation]
- was sluggish at the [start, beginning]
- was sluggish at [times, first, intervals, best]
- [took place, worked, ran] at a sluggish pace
- was a sluggish [attempt, effort, performance, display]
- is sluggish [on the climb, up a hill, when ascending]
- the [car, engine, van] grew sluggish (up the hill)
- [mustered, gave, was] a sluggish response
- has a sluggish economy
- the economy has been sluggish this [year, month, quarter]
- growth has been sluggish lately
- is [forecasted, predicted, expected] to be sluggish
- [operate in, is] a sluggish market
'sluggish' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):