as in lazy
not easily aroused to action or work
an indolent boy who had to be forced to help out with the chores
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Recent Examples of indolent
White hair denotes a lymphatic and indolent constitution.
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Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
With the use of additional biomarkers and prostate MRI, the diagnosis of men with prostate cancer is more precise and avoids the detection of low-risk indolent prostate cancer and rather focuses on the early detection and effective treatment of more clinically risky prostate cancer.
—Franklin D Gaylis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2025
Also, small, indolent prostate cancer is extremely common as men age, but rarely advances to serious disease.
—Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Davies says that's in part because most prostate cancers found at that age are indolent: growing slowly and not causing considerable pain.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 19 May 2025
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Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
With the use of additional biomarkers and prostate MRI, the diagnosis of men with prostate cancer is more precise and avoids the detection of low-risk indolent prostate cancer and rather focuses on the early detection and effective treatment of more clinically risky prostate cancer.
—Franklin D Gaylis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2025
Also, small, indolent prostate cancer is extremely common as men age, but rarely advances to serious disease.
—Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Davies says that's in part because most prostate cancers found at that age are indolent: growing slowly and not causing considerable pain.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indolent
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White cast-iron chairs are perfectly positioned on a terrace to catch Stromboli’s volcanic smoke-show, and occasional fiery belch, in the distance over a lazy cocktail.—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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Suzy Welch, a best-selling author and professor of management practice at New York University, hit back against those who brand the young generation lazy by reminiscing on her career journey.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 Jan. 2026
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Dumas has worked for Valero for four years but just moved to the Benicia location from Arizona a year ago, just a few months before the energy company announced a possible plan to cease or idle operations.—
Amanda Hari,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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One such power line, the century-old Mesa-Sylmar, owned by SoCal Edison, had been idle for some fifty years.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Indolent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indolent. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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