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slothful |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slothful \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: slothful 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" [syn: {faineant}, {indolent}, {lazy}, {otiose}, {work-shy}]
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