Someone or something that is ~ is slow and causes delay. (FORMAL)
You might expect politicians to smooth things out when civil servants are being ~.
ADJ
Someone or something that is ~ is slow and causes delay. (FORMAL)
You might expect politicians to smooth things out when civil servants are being ~.
ADJ
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012