dʌl ɪnˈɝt sləʊ sloʊ ˈslʌɡɪʃ ˈsɒɡi

slow and apathetic she was fat and inert a sluggish worker a mind grown torpid in old age (of business) not active or brisk business is dull (or slow) a sluggish market slow or slothful a sluggish stream