Heavy and Slow

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Heavy adjective - Causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest.

Usage example: the study of history doesn't have to be all about dull heavy reading and the memorization of dates

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Slow is a synonym for heavy in behaviour topic. In some cases you can use "Slow" instead an adjective "Heavy", when it comes to topics like sluggish.

Nearby Words: heave, heavyweight, heaviness, heaved, heavily

Slow adjective - Causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest.

Usage example: the first half of the movie is slow, but then it gets exciting

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Heavy is a synonym for slow in unhurried topic. Sometimes you can use "Heavy" instead an adjective "Slow".

Nearby Words: slowness, slowed, slowly, slowing, slowdown

May be justified in Real Life as scouts typically don't carry heavy weapons and favor lightly-armored fast vehicles over heavy and slow ones.

Source: Those Were Only Their Scouts
They guarantee a doubling of your overall strikes (meaning two attacks if too heavy or slow, and four if said character can double-attack normally)... and thus use up their durability fast.

Source: Video Game / Fire Emblem Elibe
In particular, the Big Zam was based off of the "super tanks" from World War II that were prohibitively heavy and slow.

Source: Awesome But Impractical / Anime and Manga

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