1
as in shirker
one who deliberately avoids work or duty
there will be no slackers tolerated in this group—anyone who doesn't do their share will get booted out
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as in bum
an idle worthless person
views the under-30 generation as a bunch of slackers
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Recent Examples of slacker
Presumably, future episodes will continue to offer various one-off installments set in the show’s original status quo, when Mordecai and Rigby were just young slackers trying to avoid work.
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Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
14 May 2026
Plus, the slacker peaches finally get to work.
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Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
Mattress slackers do have an excuse, however, since some of the newer mattress-in-a-box brands aren't designed to flip.
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Alora Bopray,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
On previous records, Jordan’s slacker cadence offered a note of contrast that emphasized her music’s emotional peaks.
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Grace Robins-Somerville,
Pitchfork,
30 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for slacker
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
14 May 2026
Plus, the slacker peaches finally get to work.
—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
Mattress slackers do have an excuse, however, since some of the newer mattress-in-a-box brands aren't designed to flip.
—
Alora Bopray,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
On previous records, Jordan’s slacker cadence offered a note of contrast that emphasized her music’s emotional peaks.
—
Grace Robins-Somerville,
Pitchfork,
30 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for slacker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slacker
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Designed with a plunging neckline, modest bum coverage, and compressive fabric with UPF 50 sun protection, the elegant silhouette offers rich-girl vacation energy that could easily double as a bodysuit with shorts.
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For those caught unaware, the flies will also happily lay eggs in convenient openings such as the nose, mouth, ears, eyes, and even the bum, if available.
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Per usual with movies like this, spelling out the terror (the roots are in hobo codes and religious legend) becomes, regrettably, a shock absorber, not a facilitator.
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Schneider plays David, a reticent young man with the soulful-hobo air of a Beat poet, who makes a living as an events photographer but whose private passion is a secretive lifelong project, inherited from his father, documenting the changing Parisian suburbs.
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“Slacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slacker. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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