slacker

In another writer’s hands, the soft-handed seat-fillers of his slacker masterpiece “Office Space” would be contemptible.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

The prototypical Gen Xer is resilient and cynical, a “latchkey kid” turned disaffected slacker, raised on MTV and limited parental supervision.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

Some of the plot is just unnecessary padding, like Daniel’s girlfriend troubles and slacker mentality, spiking in an odd scene where he hysterically bemoans his own uselessness.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024

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

Atmospheric dive bars, funky/punky mom-and-pop shops and reasonable rents began attracting artists, musicians and bohemian slackers and scenesters as residents in the early ’90s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2025

These are the people cranking up productivity, impressing managers and making the rest of us look like slackers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

While the letter doesn't call out any groups by name, the message is clearly intended to put slackers on high alert.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024

By contrast, as we jump back in time, her sons come off as a pair of nihilistic slackers.

From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2022

“As a member of the Dawson County Council of Defense, I’m sworn to identify slackers and encourage them to do their patriotic duty.”

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson