painfully slow
Frequency: 8.525.4 per million words
So slow that it causes annoyance or frustration.
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Examples (20)
- The internet connection was painfully slow this morning, making it impossible to work.
- The internet connection was painfully slow this morning.
- Watching the old computer boot up was a painfully slow process.
- Waiting for the software to load felt painfully slow.
- Progress on the project has been painfully slow, causing frustration among the team.
- The government's response to the crisis was painfully slow.
- The customer service response time was painfully slow, and I was on hold for over an hour.
- He made painfully slow progress on his novel.
- His recovery from the injury was painfully slow, but he never gave up hope.
- The process of getting a visa was painfully slow.
- The line at the DMV moved at a painfully slow pace.
- Her recovery from the injury was painfully slow.
- She found the lecture painfully slow and struggled to stay awake.
- The negotiations dragged on, becoming painfully slow.
- The bureaucracy involved made the permit approval process painfully slow.
- This dial-up connection is painfully slow by today's standards.
- Even with the upgrades, the software remained painfully slow.
- The bureaucratic procedures made the project painfully slow to complete.
- They drove painfully slow through the dense fog, barely seeing the road ahead.
- Watching paint dry would be faster than this painfully slow process.