sluggard

noun

slug·gard | \ ˈslə-gərd

Definition of sluggard

(Entry 1 of 2)

: a habitually lazy person

sluggard

adjective

Definition of sluggard (Entry 2 of 2)

: sluggardly

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Noun

tried to wake up the sluggards who were still sleeping at that late hour

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Clearly, supervision at your job is lax, and your sluggard classmate is taking advantage of that. — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, "Can My Cat Go Out if He Bullies Other Cats?," 11 Oct. 2017 Slug was – is – a variant on sluggard, which was actually used as a surname for some time, apparently. — Ruth Walker, The Christian Science Monitor, "Shaking off late-summer hebetude," 7 Sep. 2017 French workers, whom the British like to dismiss as holiday-hogging sluggards, are more productive than the British. — The Economist, "Theresa May v Britain’s managers," 31 Aug. 2017

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