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Meaning of SLOTHFUL

Pronunciation:  'slothful

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [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"
 
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 Synonyms: faineant, idle, indolent, lazy, otiose, work-shy
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sloth"ful\, a.
Addicted to sloth; inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle.
      He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him
      that is a great waster.                  --Prov. xviii.
                                               9.
-- {Sloth"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Sloth"ful*ness}, n.
 

 

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