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slothful

[ slawth-fuhl, slohth- ]

adjective

  1. sluggardly; indolent; lazy.

    Synonyms: , , ,



slothful

/ ˈəʊθʊ /

adjective

  1. indolent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdzٳڳܱԱ, noun
  • ˈdzٳڳܱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • dzٳfܱ· adverb
  • dzٳfܱ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of slothful1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; sloth + -ful
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Synonym Study

See idle.
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Example Sentences

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It’s one thing to cheer the firing of federal employees if you consider them a bunch of slothful layabouts.

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“Where Eve once seemed wild and inspired to Joan,” writes Anolik, “she now seemed slack and slothful. Where Joan once seemed meticulous and masterly to Eve, she now seemed dogged and doctrinaire.”

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We’re told to push them out to fend for themselves financially or risk raising irresponsible adults — slothfully living in their childhood bedroom or the basement — incapable of managing their money.

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Conquest would allow American men to shed the temptations of the “slothful life” and become a “more manful race.”

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Carnegie stated that "It were better for mankind that the millions of the rich were thrown into the sea than so spent as to encourage the slothful, the drunken, the unworthy."

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