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.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Lying on its back, reclined

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Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.

* Dryden

If the vine / On rising ground be placed, or hills supine .

Negligent; heedless; listless; lethargic; indifferent.

* Woodward

He became pusillanimous and supine , and openly exposed to any temptation.

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Passive

* 1748 , , Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral , London: Oxford University Press: 1973, page 34,

Nothing, therefore, can be more contrary than such a philosophy to the supine indolence of the mind.