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• (quiscent)- being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless, ( , ,
); Under these circumstances all was quiescent, and the galvanometer
exhibited no effect. — Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1;
• (sedentary)- characterized by or requiring a sitting posture, (( )
); Their lives were more sedentary, and fast food
was more readily available than it should be. — Karin Slaughter - Kisscut;
• (comatose)- lacking alertness or energy; torpid: comatose from lack of
sleep; At the time of their arrival her ladyship's condition was comatose, her
breathing being highly stertorous. — A Rogue's Life;
• (supine)- lying on the back, face or front upward, ( , , );
He remained supine, and had to be reinstated by Hadria and Hannah, and
comforted with sweetmeats. — The Daughters of Danaus;
• inactive, passive, or inert, esp. from indolence or indifference,( ,
, , );
• (recumbent)- lying down; reclining; leaning, ( ); Rest in a half-
recumbent posture during the day, particularly after meals, is beneficial;
indolent = work-shy = fainéant = sluggard = slothful ~ drone
• (indolent)- having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful,
( , , , ); His nature was inherently indolent,
and he had the wasteful extravagant tastes that usually go with indolence. —
The Sea-Hawk;
• (work-shy)- disinclined to work or exertion;
• (fainéant)- an irresponsible idler; a sluggard;
• (sluggard)- a person who is habitually inactive or lazy, ( ;
); He had been a sluggard, weary of himself, unfit to fight, a failure in
life and a failure in love. — The Gentleman from Indiana;
• (slothful)- sluggardly; indolent; lazy; He is intellectually slothful, accepts no
facts until they are accepted by the majority, and prides himself upon his
conservatism. — Revolution, and Other Essays;
• (drone)- a person who lives on the labor of others; parasitic loafer,
( , , ); Content to let his wife support him, the
would-be writer was in reality nothing but a drone;
• the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no
honey,( );
• a remote control mechanism, as a radio-controlled airplane or boat,(
);