Learn English – does “sluggish” have a negative connotation

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Context:
The Processing Speed for situations requiring immediate attention is sluggish

I'd like to know if this sounds acceptable in a neuropsychological report, or if there's a more suitable word.

Thank you!

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zac, you might consider the word depressed: reduce the level or strength of activity in (something, esp. an economic or biological system).

On the first 2 days after caffeine discontinuance, depression of locomotor ....

or, possibly better, impaired, lowered or even lag

Significance and sign of transmission as a function of the lag between the posterior probability time series associated with vertical category representation in prefrontal and parietal cortex.

The DLPFC response systematically lagged behind the VLPFC response, consistent with a hierarchical model

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