Word: sluggish
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...oral drugs do not always take the place of insulin, though they may reduce the need for injections by either 1) stimulating the release of natural insulin from a sluggish pancreas, or 2) increasing the effectiveness of natural or injected insulin...
...military tasks. Only in mid-1955, as part of the U.S.'s International Geophysical Year effort, did the U.S. at long last undertake its first serious satellite project, and even then the Eisenhower Administration, deciding to keep space research "peaceful" and separate from ballistic-missile programs, settled for sluggish, buggish Project Vanguard (TIME...
Back from three months in Africa, a pair of intrepid Britons reported in with the news that the good name of Physician-Explorer David Livingstone is still to be found in the Dark Continent. While tracing Livingstone's paddle up the sluggish Zambezi (made a century ago), Voyagers Quentin Keynes, 34, nephew of the late Economist John Maynard Keynes...
...varsity began the game by playing fully as ineffectually as the Elis. Its running plays seemed extremely sluggish, Ravenel's first few passes were considerably overthrown, and frequent "stunting" by the Yale linemen clearly confused Crimson blockers...
Alongside the Pennsylvania offense, the Crimson's attack looked very sluggish indeed. The visitors presented a tight seven-man line on defense, which thoroughly stopped the Crimson's guard and tackle slants. Harvard did not seem to have any back fast enough to run the ends in this kind of situation; and when it tried to pass, the accuracy of quarter-backs Charlie Ravenel and Ron Johanson was woefully inadequate...