# sluggishness

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #80,897

## Definitions
1. The property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly.
2. The state of economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.

## Etymology
From sluggish + -ness.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sluggishness