Hypertext Webster Gateway: "slothful"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Slothful \Sloth"ful\, a.
Addicted to sloth; inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle.

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him
that is a great waster. --Prov. xviii.
9.
-- {Sloth"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Sloth"ful*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

slothful
adj : disinclined to work or exertion; "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" [syn: {faineant}, {indolent}, {lazy},
{otiose}, {work-shy}]


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