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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Indolent \In"do*lent\, a. [Pref. in- not + L. dolens, -entis, p. pr of dolere to feel pain: cf F. indolent. See {Dolorous}.] 1. Free from toil, pain, or trouble. [Obs.] 2. Indulging in ease; avoiding labor and exertion; habitually idle; lazy; inactive; as an indolent man. To waste long nights in indolent repose. --Pope. 3. (Med.) Causing little or no pain or annoyance; as an indolent tumor. Syn: Idle; lazy; slothful; sluggish; listless; inactive; inert. See {Idle}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: indolent adj 1: 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}, {lazy}, {otiose}, {slothful}, {work-shy}] 2: (pathology) of tumors e.g.; slow to heal or develop and usually painless; "an indolent ulcer"; "leprosy is an indolent infectious disease"
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