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adjective as in unhurried, lazy

Strongest matches

easy, gradual, heavy, lackadaisical, leisurely, lethargic, moderate, passive, quiet, reluctant, sluggish, stagnant

Strong matches

crawling, creeping, dawdling, delaying, deliberate, disinclined, idle, lagging, loitering, measured, plodding, postponing, procrastinating, slack

Weak matches

apathetic, bit-by-bit, dilatory, dreamy, drowsy, imperceptible, inactive, indolent, inert, laggard, leaden, listless, negligent, phlegmatic, ponderous, remiss, sleepy, slothful, slow-moving, snaillike, supine, tardy, torpid, tortoiselike

adjective as in behind, late

Strong matches

delayed, detained, down, hindered, impeded, lingering, off, prolonged, protracted, reduced, slack

Weak matches

backward, behindhand, belated, conservative, dead, dilatory, draggy, inactive, long-delayed, long-drawn-out, overdue, sleepy, tardy, uneventful, unproductive, unprogressive, unpunctual

adjective as in unintelligent

verb as in delay, restrict

Strongest matches

abate, curb, curtail, decelerate, decrease, diminish, hinder, impede, lag, lessen, moderate, reduce, relax, retard, slacken, stall, temper

Strong matches

brake, check, choke, detain, loiter, mire, postpone, procrastinate, qualify, quiet, reef, regulate, stunt

Weak matches

anchor it, back-water, bog down, cut back, cut down, ease off, ease up, embog, hit the brakes, hold back, hold up, keep waiting, let down flaps, lose speed, lose steam, reduce speed, rein in, set back, wind down

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Example Sentences

"He was slow... he would be the last to be picked and I think that must have been very humiliating for him," he told the makers of Hunting Mr Nice.

The Lakers looked as though they were trudging through the swamp — they were slow to rebounds, late to rotations and, uncharacteristically, a mess on offense.

But any existential panic ignited by that slow start ultimately was short-lived.

And Dr Goodall says taking action to slow down the warming of our planet is more urgent than ever.

"The Welsh government has been too slow in delivering their women's health plan," Ms Williams said.