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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2
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
These are not bored slackers experimenting for fun.
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Chris Wysopal, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Beavis and Butt-Head season 3 The iconic ’90s slackers are back.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Armored truck driver Russell (Murphy) is nearing retirement and is on a cash pickup job with young slacker Travis (Davidson) when the latter gets snookered by a criminal (Keke Palmer) into a high-stakes robbery situation.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
Pan excels at making the reader care about Cueball and Eddy, who start out as naive, harmless slackers.
—Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2025
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Chris Wysopal, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Beavis and Butt-Head season 3 The iconic ’90s slackers are back.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Armored truck driver Russell (Murphy) is nearing retirement and is on a cash pickup job with young slacker Travis (Davidson) when the latter gets snookered by a criminal (Keke Palmer) into a high-stakes robbery situation.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
Pan excels at making the reader care about Cueball and Eddy, who start out as naive, harmless slackers.
—Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slacker
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Bill got his second deer, and hurt his bum knee while packing out the animal.—
Marguerite Reiss,
Outdoor Life,
9 Oct. 2025
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Cora planned for his players to test the right fielder’s bum elbow — the Red Sox always attack pinstriped vulnerabilities on the basepaths — and sure enough Nick Sogard turned a single into a double in the seventh because Judge can’t throw the ball.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Consider Madewell’s roomy hobo bag in dark brown (the perfect laptop bag) or Tory Burch’s crossbody option, as essentials to wear throughout the season; then spring for a new accompaniments—like minimalist-friendly gold earrings, a sleek belt, or classic sunnies in tortoise shell.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
8 Oct. 2025
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The former, in which Burnett and Hamilton did a song-and-dance routine as Dust Bowl-era hobos, marked the first of several times that the two performed together.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Slacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slacker. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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