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synonyms for slow-moving

  • apathetic
  • careless
  • dull
  • inattentive
  • indifferent
  • lackadaisical
  • lethargic
  • passive
  • sleepy
  • tired
  • weary
  • asleep on the job
  • comatose
  • dallying
  • dilatory
  • drowsy
  • flagging
  • idle
  • indolent
  • inert
  • laggard
  • lagging
  • languid
  • languorous
  • lifeless
  • loafing
  • neglectful
  • out of it
  • procrastinating
  • remiss
  • shiftless
  • slack
  • slothful
  • slow
  • snoozy
  • somnolent
  • supine
  • tardy
  • torpid
  • trifling
  • unconcerned
  • unenergetic
  • unindustrious
  • unpersevering
  • unready
  • feeble
  • lax
  • leisurely
  • sloppy
  • sluggish
  • dull
  • flimsy
  • laggard
  • limp
  • passive
  • quiet
  • relaxed
  • slow
  • easy
  • flabby
  • flaccid
  • flexible
  • inert
  • infirm
  • not taut
  • quaggy
  • soft
  • supine
  • unsteady
  • weak
On this page you'll find 437 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to slow-moving, such as: apathetic, careless, dull, inattentive, indifferent, and lackadaisical.

antonyms for slow-moving

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  • activated
  • active
  • attentive
  • careful
  • caring
  • concerned
  • energetic
  • fresh
  • interested
  • lively
  • vivacious
  • diligent
  • hard-working
  • industrious
  • active
  • complex
  • complicated
  • energetic
  • enthusiastic
  • intricate
  • lively
  • moving
  • busy
  • cognizant
  • fast
  • hurried
  • intelligent
  • on time
  • quick
  • rapid
  • ready
  • smart
  • waiting
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        How to use slow-moving in a sentence

        Perhaps it was his clothes that had given him a strange new grace, for in the old days he was a ponderous, slow-moving fellow.
        THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYD
        Since the day before, he had been turning an idea over in his slow-moving mind, and now he sought to put it into words.
        WARRIOR OF THE DAWNHOWARD CARLETON BROWNE
        A slow moving mass of red and brown and white met the inquiring gaze of the boys.
        THE PONY RIDER BOYS IN TEXASFRANK GEE PATCHIN
        How little they could divine the future or what the immutable, slow-moving course of little things could mean to each.
        THE WASTED GENERATIONOWEN JOHNSON
        A quicker figure slipped before the square, slow-moving woman; it was Mary Burne, running down the stairs, dressed to go out.
        THE OPEN QUESTIONELIZABETH ROBINS
        But even so he reached her again before the slow-moving carriage, going the long way round.
        THE OPEN QUESTIONELIZABETH ROBINS
        But his reasons are inadequate, for some of the swift moving spheres are below the slow moving and some are above.
        A HISTORY OF MEDIAEVAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHYISAAC HUSIK
        Wagons and trucks stretched along the highway in slow-moving lines as far as the eye could see.
        THE SECRET WIRELESSLEWIS E. THEISS
        The Scotchman's mind was at best a slow-moving machine, and now it appeared to be too stunned to move at all.
        CHRISTOPHER AND THE CLOCKMAKERSSARA WARE BASSETT
        He went to bed early and lay staring into the darkness for what seemed like an eternity of slow moving hours.
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