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
Also, small, indolent prostate cancer is extremely common as men age, but rarely advances to serious disease.
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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
When an insecure yet ambitious regime attempts to carry out large-scale social transformation, the indolent bureaucrat makes for an ideal scapegoat.
—Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
The portrayal of federal workers as lazy and indolent continues to be a central aspect of the president’s plans to slash government employment.
—Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 24 Feb. 2025
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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
When an insecure yet ambitious regime attempts to carry out large-scale social transformation, the indolent bureaucrat makes for an ideal scapegoat.
—Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
The portrayal of federal workers as lazy and indolent continues to be a central aspect of the president’s plans to slash government employment.
—Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indolent
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The water park has something for everyone—from high-speed slides and a wave pool to a relaxing lazy river and kid-only water slides.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
29 June 2025
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Giant tanks of lazy swimmers sit sandwiched between fields of cows and ponds of striped bass, carefully tended by three generations of the Evans family.—
Kylie Williams,
Miami Herald,
29 June 2025
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Meanwhile, the rapid rise in prominence of a US military base in western Saudi Arabia that for years sat idle suggests conflict with Iran had been anticipated, The New York Times reported.—
Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
30 June 2025
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Meanwhile, Warwick’s engineering workshop had a CNC machine sitting idle.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
26 June 2025
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“Indolent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indolent. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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