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
See All Example Sentences for indolent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indolent
Adjective
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Fighting inflation by raising interest rates is lazy policy.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2026
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Not to sound lazy, but there are some pretty neat inventions that have come along to make this process much easier.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Kaiser nurses statewide began an indefinite strike Monday, restarting picket lines that went idle after a five-day work stoppage in October 2025.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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With burly melancholy, Wong plays Ah Tseng, a Chinese migrant worker employed — with his young nephews — in the Rock Springs coal mines, though introduced on an idle day off in their makeshift camp.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Indolent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indolent. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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