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slothfulness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sloth |
| Type of | disinclination, hesitancy, hesitation, indisposition, reluctance |
| Derivation | slothful |
Examples of slothfulness
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We equate rest with laziness, lethargy, slothfulness.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
What is the reason for this apparent slothfulness?
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But now you claim that you aren't even a victim or witness to this slothfulness or racism but have heard about it from others.
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Sleepiness and slothfulness keep it out of harm's way, away from the notice of jaguars, ocelots, harpy eagles and anacondas.
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We've looked around for a reasonable goal to overcome our slothfulness, something that will ensure we stay on track without collapsing from injury, exhaustion or frustration.
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No one wants to accept it simply out of ego and pride in a society, or rather a world, that frowns on slothfulness but prides gluttony as a byproduct of wealth.
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- Sloth: a disinclination to work or exert yourself
- (slothful) faineant: 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"
- In the Christian moral tradition, sloth (Latin: acedia, accidia, pigritia) is one of the seven capital sins, often called the seven deadly sins; these sins are called the capital sins because they destroy the charity in a man's heart and thus may lead to eternal death.
- (slothful) Lazy; inactive; sluggish; indolent; idle; tending to sloth
- (slothful) In Madness and Civilization, Foucault writes that the practice of sentencing prisoners and madmen to forced labor arose because of the (Calvinist) idea that "God helps those who help themselves. ...
- (slothful) Lazy, disinterested in working or exerting oneself.
- The spiritual paralysis of the powers of the soul. It is this state during which there is an absolute indifference to prayer and fasting and, in general, an inertia about the keeping of the commandments of the gospel. ...
- Lazy, spiritually indifferent.
