sluggishness

noun

1. 1

   inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy

   the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends

2. 2

   the pace of things that move relatively slowly

   the sluggishness of the economy

   the sluggishness of the compass in the Arctic cold

3. 3

   a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)