plodding
adjective
[ ˈplɒdɪŋ ]
• slow-moving and unexciting.
• "a plodding comedy drama"
plod
verb
• walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps.
• "we plodded back up the hill"
Similar:
trudge,
walk heavily,
clump,
stomp,
stump,
tramp,
drag oneself,
lumber,
slog,
sprauchle,
traik,
trog,
Origin:
mid 16th century: probably symbolic of a heavy gait.