slothful

The last was the "wicked and slothful," because unprofitable, servant.
Knowledge is Power:|Charles Knight
Her eyes, slightly oblique, were slothful at times and at other times full of fire, transforming her into a menacing dictator.
The Moon Colony|William Dixon Bell
Indolent is a milder term for the same quality; the slothful man hates action; the indolent man loves inaction.
English Synonyms and Antonyms|James Champlin Fernald
Shall we be slothful in well-doing, and lay aside our charity?
The Forbidden Gospels and Epistles, Complete|Archbishop Wake

Only to the slothful, and such as loved their ease above all things, early Methodism had no seductions to offer.
A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3)|Frances Eleanor Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for slothful

slothful

/ (ˈsləʊθfʊl) /

adjective

indolent

Derived forms of slothful

slothfully, adverbslothfulness, noun

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slothful

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