different between sluggish vs unimportant

English

Etymology

slug +? -ish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sl????/

Adjective

sluggish (comparative sluggisher or more sluggish, superlative sluggishest or most sluggish)

1. Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lazy

   • c. 1874, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ovid in Exile

     And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect.
2. Slow; having little motion.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:slow

   Antonym: nimble

   • 1913, Paul Laurence Dunbar, At Sunset Time

     We float upon a sluggish stream,

     We ride no rapids mad,

     While life is all a tempered dream

     And every joy half sad.

3. Having no power to move oneself or itself; inert.
   • 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies

     Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself.

4. Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stupid

5. Exhibiting economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth.

Derived terms

Translations

English

Etymology

un- +? important

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??n?m?p??t?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??n?m?p??t?nt/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /??n?m?po(?)?t?nt/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /??n?m?po?.t?nt/

Adjective

unimportant (comparative more unimportant, superlative most unimportant)

1. petty; not important or noteworthy

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:insignificant

   Antonym: important

Derived terms

• unimportantly

Related terms

• unimportance

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