Betekenis van:
sluggish

sluggish
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
  • sloom, rustig en saai
  • slow and apathetic
"a sluggish worker"

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Hyperoniemen

sluggish
Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
    • moving slowly
    "a sluggish stream"

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    sluggish
    Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
      • (of business) not active or brisk
      "a sluggish market"

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      Voorbeeldzinnen

      1. I've been sluggish recently.
      2. He is a sluggish student.
      3. Mr. Smith ran his sluggish horse along the country roads.
      4. Spain walked rings around their opponents. The French looked sluggish.
      5. The president wants to jump-start the sluggish economy by lowering taxes.
      6. This slowdown was driven by sluggish investment and a weaker export performance, associated with the slowdown of external demand.
      7. Inflation accelerated to 2,7 % in 2008, but it remained below the euro area average and is on a decelerating path due to the recent downward trend in world prices and sluggish demand.
      8. According to the Commission, Portugal’s GDP growth dropped to 0,2 % in 2008, from almost 2 % in 2007. This slowdown was driven by sluggish investment and a weaker export performance, associated with the slowdown of external demand.
      9. GDP growth in Sweden slowed from 2,5 % in 2007 to around 0,5 % in 2008, as a result of sluggish external demand, rapidly weakening consumer and business confidence, falling stock markets and a cooling housing market.
      10. This assessment is even more justified in view of the current market situation in the motor vehicle sector, characterised as it is by significant overcapacity within the EU, which persists because of sluggish demand growth and the significant productivity gains regularly achieved [8].
      11. GDP growth in Sweden slowed from 2,5 % in 2007 to around 0,5 % in 2008, as a result of sluggish external demand, rapidly weakening consumer and business confidence, falling stock markets and a cooling housing market. A further slowdown is expected in 2009.