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Vinony

sluggishness

noun

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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English sluggish Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English sluggishness From sluggish + -ness.

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

    “And we see such interdependence even more clearly in their economic performance: China’s annual GDP growth rate, for example, will slow by two percentage points this year, owing to sluggishness in the United States and the EU.”