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snail's pace

noun

  1. an extremely slow rate:

    The work progresses at a snail's pace.



snail's pace

noun

  1. a very slow or sluggish speed or rate
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Origin of snail's pace1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
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Idioms and Phrases

A very slow pace, as in They're making progress with testing the new vaccine, but at a snail's pace . [c. 1400]
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Example Sentences

In South Africa, Africa's biggest economy and a major carbon emitter, a $8.5bn foreign-aided transition project from the coal-sector was already moving at a snail's pace, and now there are fears that it may get derailed further.

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Bob Blackman MP, who drafted the Act, criticised the "snail's pace" in enforcing it, adding action was needed urgently as the sector is a "ticking time bomb".

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And parents of children who died after exposure to illegal or harmful content have previously criticised Ofcom for moving at a "snail's pace".

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Disaster was averted thanks to a defense that stiffened and an offense that started moving the ball at something beyond a snail’s pace.

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The railway line, China’s flagship infrastructure project in the region, has been snarled by regulatory and other issues and progressed at a snail’s pace during five years of work.

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