slothful
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Slothful, wasteful, idiotic – this is how the bureaucracy is often portrayed.
From The Guardian • Sep. 22, 2018
The whole of the feather-bed was out in the courtyard now, and the Great Sloth climbed slowly back over it into its room to find out who had dared to outrage its Slothful Majesty.
From The Magic City by Millar, H. R. (Harold Robert)
Slothful people are often untidy in their personal appearance; and they are nearly always in misery and want, unless somebody else takes care of them.
From Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine by Kinkead, Thomas L.
Slothful belongs in the moral realm, denoting a self-indulgent aversion to exertion.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
The Slothful Man’s Arbour has been already described.
From Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) by Whyte, Alexander
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