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Which group did H.G. Wells describe as "indolent" in his science fiction novel The Time Machine?

indolent

[in-dl-uhnt] / ˈɪn dl ənt /


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The building alternately puckers and swells, like the indolent flexing of a muscle.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

But these roles are few and far between, remaining at a distance in favor of indolent stories that only echo the humor of Sandler’s earliest work.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2025

He did at some point own a Lake Erie steamship, which may have confused those indolent researchers Allen and Rice.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2023

The truce idea was not born of naivete, but of desperation, in a country with over 110,000 disappeared and woefully indolent or over-worked police and forensics examiners.

From Seattle Times Jul. 13, 2023

Another woman with the same mutation might develop an indolent variant; and yet another might not develop breast cancer at all.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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