The phrase "a sluggish performance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a performance that is slow, lacking energy, or not meeting expectations.
Example: "The team's sluggish performance in the first half of the game left fans feeling disappointed."
Alternatives: "a lackluster performance" or "an underwhelming performance."
The Phoenix Suns' Hedo Turkoglu had a sluggish performance and finished with 6 points for Turkey.
Miles Simon scored 23 points and No. 6 Arizona overcame a sluggish performance for its 10th straight victory.
The unit helped offset a sluggish performance in the firm's equities unit, which has been hampered by the country's struggling stock market.
They negated many fine moments from this six-game trip with a sluggish performance that annoyed Joe Girardi like no other loss this season.
That Maryna never phones in a sluggish performance, never even flubs a line, is hard to believe, but then belief may not be the point.
After a sluggish performance against Georgetown in a 69-49 loss Wednesday in the second round of the Big East tournament, the Bulls will be going home with fresh suits for the National Invitation Tournament.
Ruth Riley scored 36 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Notre Dame through a sometimes sluggish performance in beating Miami, 83-68, on last night, extending the nation's longest winning streak to 20 games.
"This has led to the retailer enjoying a boost in sales of tablets, white goods and core electricals which, with electricals making up around half of Argos's sales, has helped to offset an ongoing sluggish performance in [the home division]," said retail analysts Conlumino.
After a decade of sluggish performance that made it difficult to achieve the fund's target investment returns, the state hopes that raising its private equity exposure will help it to meet those goals.
Three cylinders in any car might seem a recipe for sluggish performance (if sterling fuel economy), but as this New Jersey-based musician and teacher learns, a 1-litre Fiesta SE has pep to spare.
Many explanations have been proposed for this sluggish performance: a "middle-income trap", a turf war among Thai elites over resources, an ageing population and a broken education system.
