Slow
Slow adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.
Usage example: the slower students worked together in a separate group
Thinking
Thinking adjective - Having the ability to reason.
Usage example: it's surprising to find thinking people who believe such nonsense
Both words in one sentence
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Spartan has been labelled by some as "the thinking man's thriller", and has a moody and slow-paced atmosphere.
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To slow things down, he starts thinking of unsexy things, such as roadkill, clipping toenails and bugs.
Source: Think Unsexy Thoughts -
The war they actually had to fight turned out to be something entirely different and they proved to be very slow in adjusting their thinking to that reality.
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