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pokey

n. a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey

n. a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

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jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky

adj. small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"

dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey

adj. wasting time

penal institution, penal facility

n. an institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public

cage, coop

n. an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept

laggard, dilatory

adj. inclined to waste time and lag behind

lackadaisical

adj. idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way; "she was annoyingly lackadaisical and impractical"; "a...lackadaisical, spiritless young man-about-town"- P.G.Wodehouse

negligent

adj. characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; "negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence"

derelict, delinquent, neglectful, remiss

adj. failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills"

faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy

adj. disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"

bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated

adj. awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists"

insular, parochial

adj. narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners"

stay-at-home(a)

adj. not given to travel; "a stay-at-home friend"

behind time

adj. (of timepieces) registering earlier than what is correct

bumper-to-bumper

adj. used of traffic; "bumper-to-bumper traffic"

dragging

adj. marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner; "it was a strange dragging approach"; "years of dragging war"

drawn-out

adj. (used of speech) uttered slowly with prolonged vowels

lazy

adj. moving slowly and gently; "up a lazy river"; "lazy white clouds"; "at a lazy pace"

long-play, long-playing

adj. (used of records) playing at a slower speed and for a longer time than earlier records

sluggish, sulky

adj. moving slowly; "a sluggish stream"

slow-moving

adj. moving slowly; "slow-moving cars"

immediate, prompt, quick, straightaway

adj. performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial"

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