Definition: slothful

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

slothful
     adj : disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose
           rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on";
           "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth";
           "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not
           necessarily work-shy" [syn: faineant, indolent, lazy,
            otiose, work-shy]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Slothful \Sloth"ful\, a.
   Addicted to sloth; inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle.

         He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him
         that is a great waster.                  --Prov. xviii.
                                                  9.
   -- Sloth"ful*ly, adv. -- Sloth"ful*ness, n.