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Indolent Moderate

Indolent has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

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"

2

(of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless

"an indolent ulcer"

"leprosy is an indolent infectious disease"

3

Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor

Example Sentences
"faineant kings under whose rule the country languished" adjective
"an indolent hanger-on" adjective
"too lazy to wash the dishes" adjective
"shiftless idle youth" adjective
"slothful employees" adjective
"the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy" adjective
"an indolent ulcer" adjective
"leprosy is an indolent infectious disease" adjective
See Also
oblomovism indolently indolency indolence laziness procrastinate oblomovitis sweer
Related Terms

Origin

The word comes from the French indolent or directly from Late Latin, originally meaning "not hurting." Its modern sense of being lazy likely developed later in French.

Rhyming Words
ent bent ment went sent vent pent hent cent fent dent tent kent gent rent lent djent ament seent brent
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