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unspeedy

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Slow, not speedy; taking considerable time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • an unspeedy trial

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crawling, slack, slow-moving, languid, languorous, draggy, tardy, creeping, dreich, gastropodous, glacial, heavy-footed, inching, inert, labored, leaden, lead-footed, lethargic, low-speed, lumbering, plodding, pokey, ponderous, slothlike, slow, slow as a snail, slow as Christmas, slow as molasses, slow as molasses in January, slowfooted, sluggish, stately, steady, subglacial, sullen, tardigrade, tedious, testudineous, torpid, turtleish, turtlesque, unspeedy

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- + speedy.