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Slothful vs Indiligent - What's the difference?

slothful | indiligent |

As adjectives the difference between slothful and indiligent

is that slothful is lazy; inactive; sluggish; indolent; idle; tending to sloth while indiligent is (obsolete) not diligent; idle, slothful.

slothful

English

Alternative forms

* slothfull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lazy; inactive; sluggish; indolent; idle; tending to sloth.
  • * He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. - Proverbs. 18:9
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    indiligent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Not diligent; idle, slothful.
  • (Feltham)

    Derived terms

    * indiligently (Webster 1913)