a00294579
| type | s |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | disinclined to work or exertion |
| examples | faineant kings under whose rule the country languished an indolent hanger-on too lazy to wash the dishes shiftless idle youth slothful employees the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy |
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| Similar to | idle |
| Derivationally related form | slothful → slothfulness |
| Derivationally related form | lazy → laziness; lazy → laziness |
| Derivationally related form | indolent → indolence |
| Derivationally related form | faineant → faineance |
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| Similar to | idle |
| Derived from adjective | lazily → lazy |
| Derived from adjective | indolently → indolent |
| Derivationally related form | laziness → lazy; laziness → lazy |
| Derivationally related form | indolence → indolent |
| Derivationally related form | faineance → faineant |
| Derivationally related form | slothfulness → slothful |
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