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Indolent vs Sloppy - What's the difference?

indolent | sloppy |

As adjectives the difference between indolent and sloppy

is that indolent is habitually]] lazy, [[procrastinate|procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor/labour while sloppy is very wet; covered in or composed of slop.

indolent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Habitually]] lazy, [[procrastinate, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor/labour.
    • The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.
  • Inducing laziness (e.g. indolent comfort ).
  • (medicine) Causing scant or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.).
  • (medicine) Healing slowly.

    • Synonyms

    * work-shy * See also

    Related terms

    * indolence * indolency

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    sloppy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.
    • The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen!
  • Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.
    • The carpenter did a sloppy job of building the staircase.
  • Imprecise or loose.
    • A sloppy''' measurement''; ''a '''sloppy fit!

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * sloppiness

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