slothfulness
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈsloʊθfəl.nəs/
:
pereza
- -Slothfulness?
Examples
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There's a lot of slothfulness going on.
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His uncle beat him for impertinence or for slothfulness, but he beat him most often for transgressions involving the Church.
Fiction book (1993) -
Better, my brethren, wear out and die in three years than live forty years in slothfulness. (n50)
Academic text (2003) -
(Ecclesiastes 10:18) "By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through."
Blog text (8) -
His slothfulness caused him to fall behind in all his responsibilities.
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The boss was frustrated by the slothfulness of the team during the project.
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Her slothfulness in completing the tasks led to missed deadlines and poor results.
Synonyms
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1.4
A tendency to avoid work and use little energy
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4.6
Not wanting to work or make an effort
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4.5
A time when someone is not working or active
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8.1
A habit of not wanting to work or try hard
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5.0
Spending time doing nothing instead of working
A habit of not wanting to work
A habit of not trying hard and avoiding work
A lack of desire to work or try hard
Antonyms
How Lazy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Slothfulness comes from the old English word sloth, which means 'slow' or 'lazy' and is the same idea behind the animal sloth that moves very slowly. So, slothfulness is the state of being slow to act or unwilling to work.