slow reflexes
Late to respond
Slow reflexes describes delayed physical reactions to stimuli—the lag between perceiving something and responding to it.
The phrase appears in contexts from sports performance to medical assessment: The aging goalkeeper's slow reflexes cost his team the match.
It often implies diminished capability, whether from fatigue, age, intoxication, or simply not being alert.
- sluggishSlow and inactive
- delayedMade to wait longer
- reaction timeSpeed of response
- laggyExperiencing input delay
- reactionResponse to stimulus
clumsy · drowsy · groggy · brain fog · fumbling · uncoordinated · motor skills · lethargic · dull · torpid · hesitant · behind · catching · dropping · stumbling · blinking · flinching · dodging
- intoxication effectseuphoria, dizziness, slurred speech, drowsiness, confusion
- clumsinessclumsiness, clumsy, awkwardness, fumble, stumble
- fatigue symptomsexhaustion, tiredness, drowsiness, sleepiness, yawning
- impairmentsimpairment, disability, paralysis, incapacity, blindness
- deficiency symptomsscurvy, beriberi, pellagra, anemia, goiter
- sedative effectssedation, drowsiness, sleepiness, somnolence, relaxation