slacker

Example Sentences

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It should be noted that Paul Cummins is no slacker himself.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

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

At worst, he was a slacker who didn’t like to write tickets and dodged radio calls.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

Ripley, a slacker and a con man grinding out a living in postwar New York, is sent to Italy to try to persuade a trust-funded idler to come home and take over the family business.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024

“I don’t know what got into me,” the slacker says.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan