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Examples of sluggard
sluggard
The blue cat is not the bottom-feeding sluggard most people envision when they think catfish.
From the inrich.com
The peregrine falcon is no sluggard when diving down on its prey.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The bike was hardly a sluggard before, but the added zest in both handling and thrust are noticeable.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Or a drone might have been an idler in the old days, what Tie Rod's daddy would have called a sluggard.
From the kentucky.com
Not that Mondale was a sluggard.
From the time.com
Thomas has often been described as an intellectual sluggard who merely does the bidding of Antonin Scalia, a more senior justice who happens to be white.
From the online.wsj.com
Anything that aids in generating revenue is desperately needed in our sluggard economy, and crowdfunding has proven to be a powerful force.
From the forbes.com
There is only delight and amazement, and of course a tiny bit of entirely self-induced guilt at my own sluggard response to mathematical challenge.
From the guardian.co.uk
With 124bhp at its disposal the 1.6-litre c'eed is no sluggard and is usefully quicker than the rather reluctant 1.4-litre petrol unit that acts as the entry-level powerplant.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
- An idle slothful person
- "The Sluggard" is a moralistic poem by Isaac Watts which depicts the unsavory lifestyle of a slothful individual as a negative example. It reflects the Biblical verse "Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise." (Proverbs 6:6).
- "My indolence," lamented Dr. Johnson, "has sunk into grosser sluggishness." The sluggard [from the Norwegian word for "large heavy body," which came to mean "slow-moving person"] is a lazily inactive person, one whom lassitude has rendered tediously slow-witted and dull. ...
- Adjective, lazy person. The sluggard person never does his work due to lazy behavior, so fire him.
- A lazy, slow, inactive person.
