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sloth | slothlike |

As a noun sloth

is laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.

As a verb sloth

is to be idle.

As an adjective slothlike is

resembling or characteristic of a sloth, especially in being slow and sluggish.

sloth

English

(wikipedia sloth)

Alternative forms

* sloath, slowth (obsolete)

Noun

  • (uncountable) Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.
  • * Milton
    • [They] change their course to pleasure, ease, and sloth .
  • * Franklin
    • Sloth , like rust, consumes faster than labour wears.
  • (countable) A herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Megalonychidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity.
  • (rare) A collective term for a group of bears.

    • Usage notes

    Sloth is one of the seven deadly sins.

    Derived terms

    * forsloth * Australian sloth * native sloth * sloth animalcule * sloth bear * slothful * sloth monkey

    Hyponyms

    * (animal) two-toed sloth

    Related terms

    * slowth

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To be idle.
    • (Gower)

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    slothlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of a sloth, especially in being slow and sluggish.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 8, author=Larry Rohter, title=A Huge Amazon Monster Is Only a Myth. Or Is It?, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=But the mere mention of the mapinguary, the giant slothlike monster of the Amazon, is enough to send shivers down the spines of almost all who dwell in the world’s largest rain forest. }}