as in sluggish
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Adjective
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The production, directed by Mina Morita, renders the play in solid, if slightly sluggish, fashion.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025 -
Homebuyers continued to wait for mortgage rates to drop last year and sellers, especially condo owners, waited for buyers to show up in a meaningful way during what was another sluggish year for the state’s housing market, according to a monthly update from the Colorado Association of Realtors.—
Aldo Svaldi,
The Denver Post,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In the wake of Tuesday night’s home humiliation at the hands of the lottery-lusting Portland Trail Blazers, before the current team sanction, coach Erik Spoelstra was asked about the third consecutive largely lethargic performance from Butler.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2025
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Santos has given nice spot minutes for the Warriors recently, pumping energy and hustle into a team that has too often been lethargic.—
Anthony Slater,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This southern island in the country’s archipelago is a sleepy place, a welcome respite from the development, sometimes overdevelopment, going on elsewhere in the region including the country’s main island Providenciales.—
Laurie Werner,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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The once relatively sleepy city, long overshadowed by its neighbor Como, has now woken up—and established itself as a destination unto itself.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Vogue,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Searches for his name in English and Russian result in very few stories beyond inert press releases from the Emergencies Ministry and brief quotes for Russian state media.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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The end product is almost chemically inert and the radioactive material is dispersed throughout the glass, reducing the amount of radiation emitted.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
28 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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That’s when Dolphins must sell themselves as an organization that isn’t bleeding out, and is a franchise headed in the right direction to an apathetic fan base that patiently waits to see the desperate moves the pair makes in 2025.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
13 Jan. 2025
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He's brought a lot of guys in that previous teams, and fan bases, were glad to see leave, or apathetic about their departures.—
Pierre LeBrun,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This large, circulating cloud of material, including hot gases enriched in oxygen, was found to be absent from quiescent galaxies that had ceased star formation.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
8 Jan. 2025
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There is no guarantee that the crisis will remain quiescent for much longer.—
Richard Nephew,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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State patrol data shows drowsy lane-violation crashes jumped another 43.5% between 2023 and 2024.—
Lauren Penington,
The Denver Post,
13 Jan. 2025
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Drivers are also advised to avoid drowsy driving, as operating a vehicle with insufficient sleep can be as dangerous as driving under the influence of alcohol.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The Warriors concluded a six-game homestand with another listless effort.—
Marcus Thompson II,
The Athletic,
8 Jan. 2025
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Both are unemployed with little opportunity in sight, pitted against each other in a constantly bickering home, and listless about it all.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
9 Dec. 2024
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“Lazyish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lazyish. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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