Slowth

October 15, 1777, George Washington, to Governor George Clinton […] but such was the reduced state of our Continental regiments, after the battle of Brandywine, and such the slowth and difficulty of procuring reinforcements of militia from the southward, […] (1890 edition)

December 14, 1813, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Alexis Marie Rochon […] are so many and great, that it is wonderful to me, that in a course of 30 years, it is not yet brought into general use. it is one of the remarkable proofs of the slowth with which improvements in the arts & sciences advance.

Slowth lies behind the difficulties each of us faces in achieving the standard of living we desire.

Unfortunately, with slowth it becomes progressively more difficult to escape from the rigours of scarcity

it is realized that the slowth context is making that activity less than might be considered desirable.

The slowth may have been caused by various software issues rather than anything to do with hardware.

Good old-fashioned slowth is being looked at with new interest, as is exemplified by such old antiques as the old Douglas Skyraider. And, of course the helicopter, slowest of all, so slow you can easily make one go backwards.

The tempo of the introduction, which Mahler has marked to be slow and dragging, is of the utmost "slowth" (if I may use such a word to denote the creepy, crawling atmosphere thus created).