Definitions

slothful

[slawth-fuhl, slohth-] / ˈslɔθ fəl, ˈsloʊθ- /

ADJECTIVE

lazy

Synonyms

WEAK

comatose dallying dull idle inactive inattentive indolent inert lackadaisical laggard lagging languid lethargic lifeless listless loafing passive procrastinating slack slow sluggish snoozy supine tired unenergetic

Example Sentences

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Humans have long since lived a slothful existence in a spaceship where work is unnecessary and even walking is optional.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

It’s one thing to cheer the firing of federal employees if you consider them a bunch of slothful layabouts.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2025

We were self-interested and self-absorbed, apathetic, slothful, narcissistic—or so we were frequently told.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 20, 2019

One look at this slothful tea pal will have you sold.

From Slate • Jul. 15, 2019

For the rest of the week, I was peevish and slothful.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz

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