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slowness

[sloh-nis]

noun

  1. the slow rate of movement of something; lack of speed or rapidity.

  2. lack of intelligence; poor ability to perceive, understand, realize, etc.; dullness.

  3. lack of activity or energy; the quality of not being busy; slackness.

  4. the quality of being unexciting or uninteresting; boring or draggy quality.

  5. the quality of being gradual, deliberate, or unhurried.

  6. the fact or state of falling behind the standard time, as of a clock.



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Many viewers complained about the slowness of early episodes — and Duke was not happy with its prominence among the highly flawed Ratliff family — but given the show’s enormous success, perhaps some backlash was inevitable.

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Adapting to the slowness of the pitch, he played none of his trademark dabs to third man, instead pouncing to whip through the leg side any time England dropped short.

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The party was launched in 2015, following conversations between Mayer and Toksvig in which they shared their "impatience with the slowness of change" on women's issues.

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Currently, people with Parkinson's are treated with dopamine replacement therapy after they have already developed symptoms, such as tremor, slowness of movement and gait, and memory problems.

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George Broyles: Their slowness to research dates back to 1989, when the National Wildfire Coordinating Group recommended that research needed to be done.

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