sluggish

a sluggish man

Vp thou tame River, wake; / And from the liquid limbes this ſlumber ſhake: / Thou drownſ't thy ſelfe in inofficious ſleepe; / And theſe thy ſluggish waters ſeeme to creepe, / Rather than flow.

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

Inflation has been rising despite sluggish economy.