Sloth

Definitions

1. Laziness; slowness in the mindset; disinclination to action or labour.
   uncountable
2. Any animal in the suborder Folivora.
   countable, especially, uncountable
3. Any herbivorous, arboreal South American mammal of the families Choloepodidae and Bradypodidae, noted for its slowness and inactivity.
   countable, especially, uncountable
4. Any of the extinct group of ground sloths.
   countable, uncountable
5. A group of bears.
   collective, countable, rare

Equivalents

Examples

“Who having ſpilt much blood, and don much waſte / Subduing Nations, and achievd thereby / Fame in the World, high titles, and rich prey, / Shall change⟳ thir courſe to pleaſure, eaſe, and ſloth, / Surfet, and luſt, till wantonneſs and pride / Raiſe out of friendſhip hoſtil deeds in Peace.”

“Sloth, like⟳ rust, consumes faster than labour wears.”

“Mr. Elliot's frank statement that "sloth and untidiness are indefensible" is a sign⟳ that the task will be tackled with vigour.”

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