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   indolent

   /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.
   • ▪ (especially of an ulcer) slow to develop, progress, or heal; persistent.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from late Latin indolent-, from in- ‘not’ + dolere ‘suffer or give pain’. The sense ‘idle’ arose in the early 18th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. indolently adverb

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