sloth
IPA: sɫˈoʊθ
noun
- (uncountable) Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.
- (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.
verb
- (obsolete, intransitive, transitive) To be idle; to idle (away time).
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Examples of "sloth" in Sentences
- I feel slothful and sleepy.
- They were slovenly, slothful.
- The main character is Snook the sloth.
- I'm just too slothful at the moment to find it.
- Ink costs are high, and photo output is slothful.
- The slow metabolism of the sloth is the limiting factor.
- Together with the sloths, they compose the order Pilosa.
- Poaching of the sloth is extremely minimal on the island.
- This excuse is an example of the slothful induction fallacy.
- The nights are clear, but suffused with sloth and sullen expectation.
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