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Sluggish vs Behindhand - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between sluggish and behindhand

is that sluggish is habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man while behindhand is late, tardy, overdue.

As an adverb behindhand is

belatedly, tardily.

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

    * See also * See also

    Derived terms

    * sluggishness

    behindhand

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Late, tardy, overdue.
  • *1975 , (Paul Fussell), The Great War and Modern Memory , OUP 2013, p. 148:
  • in debt, or in arrears

    • Derived terms

    * behindhandness

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • belatedly, tardily
  • in debt, or in arrears