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English Dictionary: slothful by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slothful
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"
    Synonym(s): faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy
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.
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