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- Dictionaryindolent/ˈɪndələnt/
adjective
- 1. wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy: "they were indolent and addicted to a life of pleasure"
- 2. (of a disease or condition) causing little or no pain.
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not willing to work or use effort. lazy He's one of the laziest people I've ever met. indolent Some of my classmates are indolent in their health habits. slothful Television and video games have bred a generation of slothful teens. work-shy UK I don't want your work-shy cousin living with us indefinitely! idle UK He's an able student, just idle.
The meaning of INDOLENT is averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy. How to use indolent in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Indolent.
having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful: an indolent person. Synonyms: torpid, sluggish, inactive, slow. Pathology. causing little or no pain; inactive or relatively benign: an indolent ulcer that is not painful and is slow to heal.
Indolent is an adjective meaning slow or lazy. It can take an indolent teenager hours to get out of bed on a weekend morning. Often it's noon before he finally comes shuffling down to breakfast in his pajamas.
Synonyms for INDOLENT: lazy, idle, slothful, sleepy, shiftless, dull, apathetic, quiescent; Antonyms of INDOLENT: industrious, ambitious, zealous, diligent, enterprising, active, vigorous, energetic.
without real interest or effort; lazy: I was an indolent creature who could not imagine action. (Definition of indolent from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of indolent. indolent. These cancers are generally slow growing, sometimes referred to as indolent or nodular lymphomas. From CNN.
1. disliking work or effort; lazy; idle. 2. pathology. causing little pain. an indolent tumour.
adj. 1. a. Disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy. See Synonyms at lazy. b. Conducive to inactivity or laziness; lethargic: humid, indolent weather. 2. a. Causing little or no pain: an indolent tumor. b. Slow to heal, grow, or develop; inactive: an indolent ulcer.
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adjective. Disliking or avoiding work; lazy; idle. Webster's New World. Disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy. American Heritage Medicine. Similar definitions. Conducive to inactivity or laziness; lethargic. Humid, indolent weather. American Heritage Medicine.
