as in slugs
a lazy person
she regretted ever asking that layabout to be her roommate, as he created the mess of two people and refused to help with anything
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Recent Examples of layabouts
As the story begins, Mary and Boo are neighbors, unemployed millennial layabouts who rarely leave their rooms.
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Katie Rife, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2026
Not surprisingly, some colonists preferred to be layabouts.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 27 Nov. 2025
Katie Rife, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2026
Not surprisingly, some colonists preferred to be layabouts.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 27 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for layabouts
Noun
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Leafy greens like head and leaf lettuce, spinach, and kale typically have very few pests aside from slugs early in the growing season and require very little input beyond abundant water and nitrogen.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2026
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Sometimes, slugs would slime their way from behind the baseboards.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Low-cost drones signal new strategy For the first time, US Central Command used one-way attack drones modeled after Iran’s Shahed drones.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Mar. 2026
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Iranian missiles and drones have targeted Israel and several countries across the region which host US military bases – including Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Expensive trip to modern backcountry huts Backcountry skiing is no longer just for ski bums.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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And, then, of course, the park was full of bums like us.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Chitons belong to the class Polyplacophora, a group of marine mollusks — distant relatives of snails, clams, and octopuses — distinguished by a series of overlapping shell plates running down their backs.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
3 Mar. 2026
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Chitons are distant relatives of snails, clams, and octopuses, distinguished by overlapping shell plates running down their backs.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2026
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Kravitz cinched in her waist by accessorizing with a matching skinny leather belt, and added a pair of cognac brown leather loafers.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
3 Mar. 2026
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The best part is that the upper is made of soft leather, but the outsole is EVA foam, so these aren’t heavy and clunky like other loafers with a slight platform.—
Anna Popp,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Layabouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/layabouts. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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