as in inertia
an inclination not to do work or engage in activities
a youth inclined more toward sloth than athletics
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Recent Examples of sloth
Smaller, more sensitive mammals, like sloths, porcupines will be brought indoors and kept in a heated structure as well.
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Dan Peck, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2026
It's become the boy who cried wolf, bear, moose, badger, wombat, elephant, natterjack toad, mandrel, meerkat, blue whale, lesser skink, prairie dog, ferret, wildebeest, dingo, tree kangaroo, sloth, anteater, blue-footed booby, Norwegian Blue, and half the catalog in the Museum of Natural History.
—New Atlas, 24 Jan. 2026
Hiking is also one of the best ways to spot the park's wildlife, including howler monkeys, sloths, jaguarundis, parrots, and tapirs.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2026
But the chief human resources officer at $62 billion giant Colgate-Palmolive is hitting back that young staffers aren’t the career sloths some typecast them to be.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
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Dan Peck, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2026
It's become the boy who cried wolf, bear, moose, badger, wombat, elephant, natterjack toad, mandrel, meerkat, blue whale, lesser skink, prairie dog, ferret, wildebeest, dingo, tree kangaroo, sloth, anteater, blue-footed booby, Norwegian Blue, and half the catalog in the Museum of Natural History.
—New Atlas, 24 Jan. 2026
Hiking is also one of the best ways to spot the park's wildlife, including howler monkeys, sloths, jaguarundis, parrots, and tapirs.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2026
But the chief human resources officer at $62 billion giant Colgate-Palmolive is hitting back that young staffers aren’t the career sloths some typecast them to be.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for sloth
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sloth
inertia
Noun
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The narrators of these songs are trapped inside their habits, aware that the inertia of their personalities is too strong to be moved by another person.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Pitchfork,
7 Apr. 2026
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These are lighter, more heat-resistant, and have less inertia, which translates to sharper turn-in and less effort to move the thing.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Sloth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sloth. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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