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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