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Lacking energy or alertness

Slow-moving or inactive

Moving at a notably slow speed

Showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm

(colloquial) Weak in character, lacking determination or willpower

Tending to spend too much time seated

To the point of being significantly inebriated

Out of practice in a skill or subject

In a state of unhappiness or depression

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Adjective

Lacking energy or alertness

lacking in energy

dead from the neck up

slow on the uptake

undemonstrative

not the full shilling

lacking vitality

as thick as two short planks

asleep on one's feet

slow as molasses

in the doldrums

soft in the head

uncompassionate

desensitized^US

run-of-the-mill

along for the ride

desensitised^UK

dead to the world

having spring fever

uncomprehending

hardly able to keep one's eyes open

worn to a frazzle

out on one's feet

on your last legs

could care less

don't give a damn

couldn't care less

thick as two short planks

two-dimensional

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“He appears sluggish and slow, lacking Marcus's energy and sex appeal.”

Adjective

Slow-moving or inactive

“After that, for most of the year, the river in Delhi is a sluggish stream of pure sewage.”

Adjective

Moving at a notably slow speed

procrastinating

slow and steady

on hands and knees

underprivileged

behind schedule

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Adjective

Showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm

good-for-nothing

procrastinating

procrastinative

disorganized^US

disorganised^UK

asleep at the wheel

asleep on the job

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Adjective

(colloquial) Weak in character, lacking determination or willpower

out of commission

under the weather

in declining health

physically challenged

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Adjective

Tending to spend too much time seated

lacking in energy

procrastinating

non-participating

having spring fever

good-for-nothing

asleep on one's feet

in the doldrums

non-participative

dead to the world

procrastinative

undemonstrative

disorganized^US

disorganised^UK

asleep at the wheel

asleep on the job

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Adjective

To the point of being significantly inebriated

into a state of unconsciousness

Adjective

Out of practice in a skill or subject

out of practice

not what it was

not as good as it used to be

Adjective

In a state of unhappiness or depression

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

in the doldrums

sick as a parrot

singing the blues

as sick as a parrot

with a long face

discombobulated

sorry for yourself

down-in-the-mouth

heavy with grief

overcome with sorrow

ill-humoured^UK

prostrate with grief

given to looking on the black side

unable to be comforted

unable to be consoled

conscience-stricken

looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny

having the blahs

having blue devils

beside oneself with grief

on the verge of tears

discountenanced

in floods of tears

with tears in your eyes

lacking in confidence

lacking in enthusiasm

having lost heart

racked with suffering

racked with pain

not best pleased

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

uncommunicative

full of despair

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

heart-wrenching

life-threatening

suggestive of evil

full of hardship

prognosticatory

at the end of your tether

at end of one's rope

poverty-stricken

having a fit of the sulks

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

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