Word: sluggishness
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...Basically, we were expecting them to be tougher than they were," Co-Captain Lila Rifaat said. "We played down to their level, especially in the first half, and it was a sluggish game...
When Zimmerman returned to the lineup on Saturday, Yale's number-one Rich Theobold looked as though he might pull off a major upset. Zimmerman could not find his rhythm, and it appeared as though he would not overcome a sluggish performance in the first...
Given the difficulty of Beckett's text, the Cabot production of Waiting for Godot cannot be considered a failure. The play sports a few good moments and some excellent acting, but the sluggish pace and protracted staging prevent this production from being any more than a marginal success...
...British economy through divestiture was the key development that pushed privatization into the mainstream. It showed, unsurprisingly, that private owners with their money on the line run companies more profitably than governments do. That, plus the more recent worldwide turn to capitalism, has made privatization an alluring prospect for sluggish state-controlled economies...
...probably impossible to go fishing in Belize and not catch something. If you don't care what, hire a skiff and go trolling off the reef with a heavy spinning rod and deep-running lure. That will produce anything from an overambitious triggerfish (beautiful colors but sluggish: let it go) to a large black snapper or a larger wahoo. Or, if you are unlucky, an enormous barracuda. The latter will either break your leader in the water or do its best to bite your foot off if you get it in the boat...