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slothful

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


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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

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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