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indolent.

Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈɪn.də.lənt/UK, US
  1. Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.

    The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.
  2. Inducing laziness.

    indolent comfort
  3. Causing little or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.).

  4. Healing slowly.

Where this word comes from

From French indolent or directly from Late Latin indolēns, from in- (“not”) + dolēns (“hurting”), from doleo (“to hurt”). The later sense of “living easily, slothful” perhaps developed in French.

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