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slothful - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'slothful' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Slothful [ a.]
- Addicted to sloth; inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle.

Meaning of 'slothful' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . slothful [ s]
Meaning (1):
- disinclined to work or exertion
Example in sentence:
  • an indolent hanger-on;
  • faineant kings under whose rule the country languished;
  • shiftless idle youth;
  • slothful employees;
  • the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy;
  • too lazy to wash the dishes

Nearby Words:

sloakan sloam sloat slobber slobberer slobbery slock slocken slocking sloe

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