sloggish

sloggish

English

Etymology

slog +‎ -ish

Adjective

sloggish (not comparable)

1. slow, sluggish
   • 1951, Charles Morrow Wilson, The Tropics: World of Tomorrow, page 82:

     the tiny, sweet "ladyfingers" of the Carribbean; the sloggish "water bananas" of Equatorial Africa; and the big, yellow Gros Michel, which has become the standby of American, British Isles, and most European markets.

   • 1980, Fannie Safier, Adventures in reading, →ISBN, page 248:

     With a gurgle and gush And a sloggish slush, I spray the logs and spatter the frogs,

   • 1995, Sanford M. Dorbin, Never enough light: new & selected poems, 1966-1994, page 117:

     I don't know why, I was just fine. Not at all sloggish.

   • 2002, Reserve Bank of Malawi, Financial and Economic Review, Volume 34:

     The slow sloggish performance manufacturing and mining and quarrying sectors, as well as the private social and community services sector.