slowness

1 unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness]

2 a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry [syn: deliberation, deliberateness, unhurriedness]

3 lack of normal development of intellectual capacities [syn: retardation, mental retardation, backwardness, subnormality]

English

Etymology

Noun

1. The quality or state of being slow.

Translations

References

Slow is an adjective describing a low speed or tempo.

Slow can also refer to:

• Slow (band), a Canadian band from the mid-1980s
• Slow (Producer & DJ), a Finnish producer and DJ
• "Slow (song)", a song by Kylie Minogue
• Slow motion, a technique in filmmaking
• Slow Movement, a grouping of social movements which emphasize alternative approaches to a range of issues
• Slow River, a science fiction novel by Nicola Griffith
• Slow Food, a resistance movement to combat fast food
• South London Orienteers and Wayfarers (SLOW), an orienteering club

Slow may also refer to:

• Mental retardation, a pattern of persistently slow learning of basic motor and language skills

Slowness can refer to:

• Slowness (book), a novel by Milan Kundera

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