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slow-growing

slow-growing adjective: growing, developing, or increasing at a relatively low rate.

Adjective

slow-growing (comparative slower-growing, superlative slowest-growing)

  1. Growing, developing, or increasing at a relatively low rate.
    Antonyms:
    fast-growing

Antonyms of slow-growing

Forms of slow-growing

comparativeslower-growing
superlativeslowest-growing

Origin of slow-growing

From slow + growing.

Questions about slow-growing

What does slow-growing mean?
Slow-growing means growing, developing, or increasing at a relatively low rate.
What part of speech is slow-growing?
Slow-growing is an adjective.

Words near slow-growing in the dictionary

  1. slow-cooking
  2. slow-cooks
  3. slow-down
  4. slow-downs
  5. slow-footed
  6. slow-growing
  7. slow-like
  8. slow-march
  9. slow-marched
  10. slow-marches
  11. slow-marching

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