slowness

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Orton, Stevenson, and his slowness will be a bad fit for our new coach's offense.

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  1. The state or character of being slow, in any sense.

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  • Orton, Stevenson, and his slowness will be a bad fit for our new coach's offense. —  Sports News : CBSSports.com
  • That seems to be where the slowness is and I think it's more reflective of a national trend where a lot of people felt that Texas wouldn't see that trend. —  Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha
  • Fortunately, this slowness isn't really an issue within the game, because enemies are deliberate with their attacks and are better handled with a cool head and steady aim. —  GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features
  • These instances of cunning, which she thought impenetrable, yet which everybody saw through, were very pleasing to our benefactor, who gave every day some new proofs of his passion, which, though they had not risen to proposals of marriage, yet we thought fell but little short of it; and his slowness was attributed sometimes to native bashfulness, and sometimes to his fear of offending his uncle. —  The Ontario High School Reader
  • Many things may hinder a man from getting on--slowness, idleness, want of ability, trifling, want of interest in his vocation. —  Life and Conduct
 

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  1. from Middle English slownes, slawnesse; from slow + -ness.
 

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