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indolent adjective [ ˈɪnd(ə)l(ə)nt ]

• wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy.
• "they were indolent and addicted to a life of pleasure"
Similar: lazy, idle, slothful, loafing, work-shy, shiftless, apathetic, lackadaisical, inactive, inert, lifeless, sluggish, lethargic, listless, languid, torpid, slow, slow-moving, dull, plodding, slack, lax, remiss, negligent, good-for-nothing, bone idle, fainéant, otiose,
Opposite: industrious, energetic,
• (of a disease or condition) causing little or no pain.
Origin: mid 17th century: from late Latin indolent-, from in- ‘not’ + dolere ‘suffer or give pain’. The sense ‘idle’ arose in the early 18th century.


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