ultraslow

adjective

Definition of ultraslownext
as in crawling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ultraslow
  1. lingering
  2. sluggish
  3. laggard
  4. unhurried
  5. dilatory
  6. slowish
  7. plodding
  8. poky
Adjective
  • Communities near the Canadian fires could see lingering impacts into the weekend as long as fires continue burning and winds keep transporting smoke south.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 15 July 2026
  • Thomas missed 57 games last season, mostly because of the same lingering left hamstring issue.
    — C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
Definition of lingering
Adjective
  • But sluggish economic recovery in the country raises questions about whether all the oil money has been made available for Venezuela’s use, according to the Financial Times.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026
  • But those details are unlikely to allay investors’ near-term concerns about the sluggish growth of the service and its ability to compete with market leader Waymo, which drives millions of miles per week.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 July 2026
Definition of sluggish
Adjective
  • Frustrated by a laggard job market, some young people have started to consider entering the trades.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • But one laggard turkey, lazier than the others, took flight just ten paces from Brillat-Savarin.
    — Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2025
Definition of laggard
Adjective
  • Dreamy piano phrases weave around understated guitars and an unhurried rhythm section, creating the feeling of rolling down an open highway with nowhere particular to be.
    — Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2026
  • The easy, unhurried pace of the ocean vanishes, and it’s replaced by the coordinated hustle of hundreds (or thousands) of passengers preparing to step back into reality.
    — Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2026
Definition of unhurried
Adjective
  • If the trial court decides that the movant was simply dilatory or lazy, the trial court could rightly decide that good cause does not exist to allow the late filing of the special motion.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Even when progress is made—like 2017’s commitment to allow American credit cards into China—Beijing is dilatory on execution.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 7 May 2026
Definition of dilatory
Adjective
  • Outside of slowish feet, Suniev is the complete package as a player.
    — Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Yadav and Rohit Sharma combined for 53 off 40 balls but the slowish Delhi pitch didn’t allow the Mumbai stars to run away.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
Definition of slowish
Adjective
  • The audience was still as the band started playing a plodding rhythm.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
  • Brunson was too small (6-foot-2), not long enough (with a 6-foot-4 wingspan) and too plodding.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
Definition of plodding
Adjective
  • The loadout on sale here differs from our review model in a few ways, notably swapping an AMD Ryzen 5 processor in for the poky 12th-generation Intel Core i3 and doubling the RAM.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 3 July 2026
  • The region’s pokey residential construction pace is a big factor.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 27 Jan. 2026
Definition of poky
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“Ultraslow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ultraslow. Accessed 31 Jul. 2026.

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