Slouch

Definitions

1. A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance
2. Any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.
3. Someone who is slow to act.
4. An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.
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Examples

“He sat with an unenthusiastic slouch.”

“The plant⟳ hung in a permanent slouch.”

“In any case, Scotland has been no slouch at national invention. The Greek temple to commemorate James Thomson wasn’t the only monument raised by the 11th Earl of Buchan, who was a friend and neighbour of Walter Scott, and as great a romancer in his obsession with ruins, battlements and fancy dress.”

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