slothful

[slawth-fuhl, slohth-]

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adjective

sluggardly; indolent; lazy.

Origin of slothful

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at sloth, -ful

Related formssloth·ful·ly, adverbsloth·ful·ness, noun

Synonyms for slothful

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sluggish; inactive, torpid, slack. See idle.

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Related Words for slothfulness

inertness, sloth, apathy, lethargy, negligence, weariness, slackness, dormancy, stolidity, tardiness, heaviness, idleness, dullness, remissness, listlessness, inertia, inactivity, laxness, shiftlessness, slowness

Examples from the Web for slothfulness

Historical Examples of slothfulness

Speedily he relapsed again into slothfulness and self-indulgence.
Art in England
Dutton Cook
It must be the fruit of our own mismanagement or slothfulness or vices.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922
Various
It furnishes constant temptation to slothfulness and inactivity.
India, Its Life and Thought
John P. Jones
All that resulted was the renewal of slothfulness, prodigality, and killing.
The Quest
Frederik van Eeden
When we do it to gratify our slothfulness, or to cover our wilful ignorance and disability.
A Christian Directory
Baxter Richard

British Dictionary definitions for slothfulness

slothful

adjective

indolent

Derived Formsslothfully, adverbslothfulness, noun

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Word Origin and History for slothfulness

slothful

adj.

c.1400, from sloth + -ful. Related: Slothfully; slothfulness. For the latter, Middle English also had sloth-head (c.1300), with Middle English -hede, cognate with -hood.