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Deadbeat vs Sluggish - What's the difference?

deadbeat | sluggish |

As adjectives the difference between deadbeat and sluggish

is that deadbeat is (of an instrument) having a damped needle that stops without oscillation while sluggish is habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.

As a noun deadbeat

is a lazy person.

deadbeat

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a lazy person
  • a person who defaults on his debts

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of an instrument) having a damped needle that stops without oscillation
  • defaulting on one's debts
  • defeated or exhausted
    • English pejoratives

    sluggish

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.
    • And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect . --
  • Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.
  • Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.
    • Matter, being impotent, sluggish , and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself . -- Woodward
  • Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
  • Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.
    • Inflation has been rising despite sluggish economy.

    Quotations

    * So sluggish a conceit . --

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * sluggishness