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Another word for sloth

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sloth

n.

lethargy, torpidity, indolence; see laziness.

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Another word for sloth

noun

The quality or state of being lazy:

idleness, indolence, laziness, shiftlessness, slothfulness, sluggardness, sluggishness. (Informal) do-nothingism. See industrious

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"To be asleep avails no one"; "Sloth takes away a man's welfare."
The sloth (Bradypus) is an arboreal animal which feeds almost exclusively on the foliage of the Cecropias.
One generation D ~t of military efficiency and of comparative honesty the Mahom- in administration was followed by sloth and cormedan ruption as bad as that of the Arabs.
The population made a considerable advance, and the dense cloud of sloth and ignorance which had settled on the country in the 17th century was lifted.
Lord, he thought, listening to Fred was like watching a sloth race.

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