slothful
Averse to effort
Slothful means lazy, sluggish, or disinclined to work or exertion.
It carries a stronger moral judgment than simply lazy, suggesting not just inactivity but a blameworthy avoidance of duty or effort.
The slothful employee was always the last to arrive and first to leave.
The word derives from sloth, one of the seven deadly sins in Christian tradition, which gives slothful its tone of moral censure rather than mere description.
Habitually avoiding exertion
- lazyAvoiding effort or exertion
- idleWithout activity or purpose
- lackadaisicalLacking enthusiasm or determination
- apatheticWithout feeling or concern
unmotivated · listless · languid · loafing · lounging · do-nothing · unambitious · shiftless
Lacking energy or alertness
fatigued · weary · somnolent · enervated · heavy-eyed · slow-moving · plodding · leaden
Inactive, physically or chemically
- stagnantWithout movement or progress
- passiveNot actively participating
- supineFlat, face upward
- phlegmaticUnemotionally calm, slow-reacting
unresponsive · inactive · motionless · dormant · static · vegetating · immobile · quiescent
indolent
Habitually avoiding exertion
- lazyAvoiding effort or exertion
- idleWithout activity or purpose
- lackadaisicalLacking enthusiasm or determination
apathetic · unmotivated · listless · languid · loafing · lounging · do-nothing · unambitious · shiftless · work-shy
lethargic
Lacking energy or alertness
sleepy · fatigued · weary · somnolent · enervated · heavy-eyed · slow-moving · plodding · leaden · sedentary
inert
Inactive, physically or chemically
phlegmatic · unresponsive · inactive · motionless · dormant · static · vegetating · immobile · quiescent · becalmed
- slownessslow, sluggish, leisurely, unhurried, crawl
- work traitshardworking, diligent, productive, efficient, lazy
- DanteDivine Comedy, Inferno, Dante, Paradiso, Beatrice
slothfulindustrious
Devoted to steady effort
diligent · hardworking · assiduous · sedulous · tireless