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slothful adj. idle, lazy, indolent, apathetic, indifferent, torpid,
inert, pococurante, slack, lax, shiftless, fain‚ant, inactive,
do-nothing, sluggish, sluggard(ly), slow, laggard, languorous,
languid, lethargic, lackadaisical, phlegmatic, hebetudinous:
One cannot pursue a slothful attitude and expect to get anywhere
in life.
slouch v. 1 droop, sag, stoop, loll, slump, hunch: Sit up straight
and stop slouching.
--n. 2 stoop, sag, droop, slump, hunch: He seems to have
developed a slouch from the burden of his responsibilities. 3
Usually, no slouch. sloven, loafer, sluggard, laggard, loafer,
idler, malingerer, lazybones: Nellie is certainly no slouch
when it comes to exercising to keep fit.
slow adj. 1 lagging, laggard, dawdling, sluggish, sluggard(ly),
slow-moving, leaden, ponderous, unhurried, plodding, snail-like,
tortoise-like, torpid, leaden-footed, creeping, crawling;
deliberate, slow-paced, leisurely, gradual, easy, relaxed, lax,
lackadaisical, lazy, US lallygagging or lollygagging: They
walked at a slow pace back to the house. Philip has become a
little slower in his old age. 2 gradual, progressive, moderate,
perceptible, almost imperceptible, measurable: The church
elders have noted a slow decline in moral standards. 3
unhurried, slow-moving, slow-paced: The slow funeral cortege
crept through the streets. 4 behindhand, unpunctual: I missed
the train because my watch is five minutes slow. 5 late, tardy,
behindhand, dilatory, delayed, unpunctual: You were so slow in
getting here that everyone has gone. 6 slack, inactive, quiet,
sluggish, unproductive: Business is always a bit slow after the
holidays. 7 dense, dull, slow-witted, dull-witted, obtuse,
backward, bovine, dim, dim-witted, stupid, unresponsive,
blockish, cloddish, unintelligent, doltish, simple, stolid,
unimaginative, Boeotian, Colloq slow on the uptake, thick, dumb:
I'm afraid I'm a bit slow when it comes to particle physics. 8
conservative, unprogressive, old-fashioned, out of date,
backward, old-fogyish or old-fogeyish, behind the times, Colloq
square, not with it, past it, US out of it: The council has
been rather slow in realizing the needs of the community. 9
boring, dull, tiresome, ennuyant, tedious, dead, sleepy,
somnolent, torpid, soporific, wearisome, dry-as-dust,
uninteresting, monotonous, tame, uneventful, humdrum, Colloq