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bungler
Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
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  1. Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
incompetent
An incompetent person; esp., one who is mentally deficient
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  1. An incompetent person; esp., one who is mentally deficient
  2. An incompetent person.
sluggard
A habitually lazy or idle person
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  1. A habitually lazy or idle person
droop
To bend or hang downward:
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  1. To bend or hang downward:
  2. To allow to droop or sink.
  3. (Intransitive) To sink or hang downward; to sag.
stoop
To descend from a superior social position; condescend:
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  1. To descend from a superior social position; condescend:
  2. To stand or walk, especially habitually, with the head and upper back bent forward.
  3. To bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back:
lounge
To spend by lounging
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  1. To spend by lounging
  2. To spend time in idleness
  3. To move or act in a lazy, relaxed way; loll:
slump
To sink or settle, as into mud or slush.
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  1. To sink or settle, as into mud or slush.
  2. To fall or sink heavily; collapse:
  3. To droop, as in sitting or standing; slouch.
loll
To permit to hang or droop laxly:
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  1. To permit to hang or droop laxly:
  2. To move, stand, or recline in an indolent or relaxed manner.
  3. To hang or droop laxly:
slump
To perform poorly or inadequately:
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  1. To perform poorly or inadequately:
  2. To decline suddenly, as in value, activity, etc.
  3. To fall or sink heavily; collapse:
droop
To bend or sag gradually:
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  1. To bend or sag gradually:
  2. (Intransitive) To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.
  3. (Intransitive) To sink or hang downward; to sag.
flop
(Photoengraving) To turn (a film negative) face down before exposure to a metal plate, in order to create a desired mirror image
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  1. (Photoengraving) To turn (a film negative) face down before exposure to a metal plate, in order to create a desired mirror image
  2. To flap, strike, throw, or cause to drop noisily and clumsily
  3. With a flop
loll
To hang or droop laxly:
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  1. To hang or droop laxly:
  2. To hang in a relaxed manner; droop
  3. To move, stand, or recline in an indolent or relaxed manner.
lop
To hang down loosely
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  1. To hang down loosely
  2. To cut off a part or parts from; trim:
  3. (Usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.
sag
To lose vigor, firmness, or resilience:
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  1. To lose vigor, firmness, or resilience:
  2. To cause to sag
  3. To wear one's pants with the waist below the hips, so that one's underwear is visible.
wilt
To become limp or flaccid; droop:
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  1. To become limp or flaccid; droop:
  2. To feel or exhibit the effects of fatigue or exhaustion; weaken markedly:
  3. To cause to droop or lose freshness:
bum
A vagrant, hobo, tramp, or beggar; specif., a shabby, often drunken derelict
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  1. A vagrant, hobo, tramp, or beggar; specif., a shabby, often drunken derelict
  2. A devotee, as of golf or skiing, who devotes so much time to the sport as to disrupt family life, career, etc.
  3. A lazy or shiftless person, especially one who seeks to live solely by the support of others.
drone
(Music) Any of the pipes of a bagpipe that lack finger holes and produce a single tone.
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  1. (Music) Any of the pipes of a bagpipe that lack finger holes and produce a single tone.
  2. An idle person who lives by the work of others; parasite; loafer
  3. A continuous and monotonous humming or buzzing sound
good-for-nothing
A useless or worthless person
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  1. A useless or worthless person
  2. A person of little worth or usefulness.
idler
A person who wastes time and does no work; lazy person
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  1. A person who wastes time and does no work; lazy person
  2. A gear placed between two others to transfer motion from one to the other without changing their direction or speed
  3. A mechanical device such as a pulley or wheel that does not transmit power, but supports a moving belt etc.
layabout
A lazy or idle person; a loafer.
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  1. A lazy or idle person; a loafer.
  2. (Brit., Informal) A loafer; bum
loafer
A trademark for a low leather step-in shoe with an upper resembling a moccasin but with a broad, flat heel.
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  1. A trademark for a low leather step-in shoe with an upper resembling a moccasin but with a broad, flat heel.
  2. One who is habitually idle:
  3. A moccasinlike shoe for informal wear
ne'er-do-well
A person who is up to no good; a rogue.
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  1. A person who is up to no good; a rogue.
  2. A person without a means of support; an idle, worthless person; a loafer; a person who is ineffectual, unsuccessful, or completely lacking in merit; a good-for-nothing.
no-good
A worthless or useless person
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  1. A worthless or useless person
  2. One that is worthless.
slugabed
One inclined to stay in bed out of laziness.
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  1. One inclined to stay in bed out of laziness.
  2. (Old-fashioned) A lazy person who stays in bed when he or she should be up
sluggard
A habitually lazy or idle person
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  1. A habitually lazy or idle person
wastrel
(Dated) One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly.
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  1. (Dated) One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly.
  2. Good-for-nothing
  3. An idler or a loafer.
do-little
A lazy person.
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  1. A lazy person.
  2. (Colloquial) One who performs little though professing much.
do-nothing
An idle or lazy person.
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  1. An idle or lazy person.
  2. A person without ambition or initiative; idler
lazybones
A lazy person.
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  1. A lazy person.
  2. (Slang) A person who is lazy; one who is inactive and without ambition.
slug
A small metal disk for use in a vending or gambling machine, especially one used illegally.
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  1. A small metal disk for use in a vending or gambling machine, especially one used illegally.
  2. Any of various terrestrial gastropod mollusks having a slow-moving slimy elongated body with no shell or with a flat rudimentary shell on or under the skin, usually found in moist habitats.
  3. A piece of metal shaped like and used in place of a coin in automatic coin machines; esp., such a substitute coin when used illegally
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  • slouch on the couch.

  • When I saw this movie in a theater, the audience cracked up simply at the sight of Allen seating himself in the command chair, his take on Shatner's 'command slouch' was just that good.

  • No slouch to business himself, Mr. Raymond, a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, decided to open up his own lingerie store at the Stanford Shopping Center.

  • Many new cyclists are tempted to slouch or rest their upper body weight against the handlebars, but this prevents you from getting the best workout possible.

  • Hat - A gray slouch hat or cap was army issue but many of the Confederate soldiers preferred to wear a broad-brimmed felt hat that protected them from the sun and rain.

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