Meaning of low speed, high drag | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Slow and steady.
   informal, not-comparable
2. Not functioning very well; clueless or inefficient.
   informal, not-comparable

Examples

“The use of boundary-layer control to increase the lift of a wing normally results in reductions in landing approach speeds to such an extent that the airplane operates in a low-speed high-drag range where more thrust is required as speed is reduced .”

“Spoilers, as well as flaps, help to achieve the low-speed, high-drag descent which is always desirable in a jet transport.”

“Modern high-speed, low-drag wind electric generators are a far cry from the relatively low speed, high-drag water pumping windmills that are still a common sight in many parts of the country.”

“However, increases in fuel burn by aircraft making turns at low altitudes, where the aircraft are in a low-speed, high drag configuration, can adversely affect aircraft operating margins.”

“Like all OBC classes, I'm sure she received her share of low speed, high drag Arrrmy tng ! At least you had good company, Vick.”

“The students usually enter the course at a dependent level which is what we at the academy label , "low speed - high drag."”

“Afterwards, a lifer noncom would go ape shit over his low-speed high-drag peons and plan a GI party, sometimes giving his half-stepping shamurai warriors instructions about dust bunnies and getting everything dress right dress while adjusting their headspace and timing in the front leaning rest position.”

CEFR level