slothful

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

“If you’re running the thing in a wasteful or slothful way, you’re going to get called on it,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2022

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

From The New Yorker • Sep. 20, 2019

Shame to the slothful and woe to the weak one.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White