slacker

Example Sentences

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Our unnamed protagonist, a slacker with a goatee, is no protester.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Ellis, meanwhile, has a nearly 14-year-old son who is in what she calls a “teenage, hormonal place” — not that dissimilar to Emily, who has three slacker teenagers obsessed with video games.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

That realisation manifests in the lovestruck slacker rock of Dragonfly, and the finger-plucked Neptune Baby, with its refrain, "I'm a boat, and you are the water".

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025

Some of the plot is just unnecessary padding, like Daniel’s girlfriend troubles and slacker mentality, spiking in an odd scene where he hysterically bemoans his own uselessness.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024

He believed that if he didn't return to Germany, he would be considered "unpatriotic" and a "slacker."

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple