slacker

Example Sentences

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That realisation manifests in the lovestruck slacker rock of Dragonfly, and the finger-plucked Neptune Baby, with its refrain, "I'm a boat, and you are the water".

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025

Ripley, a slacker and a con man grinding out a living in postwar New York, is sent to Italy to try to persuade a trust-funded idler to come home and take over the family business.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024

“Dark Ride” is the story of how a committed slacker learns to give a damn and the tremendous price he pays for doing so.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2023

Instead, it’s a slacker comedy that swaps punchlines for laid-back, lived-in absurdities.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2023

My dad looks at me from head to toe, and I feel like the second-rate slacker he’s always taken me for.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon