SLUGGARDLY Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

sluggardly

adjective

Definition of sluggardly

as in slothful

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Adjective

Holes left lying around for even the most slothful of AI are just begging for an easy AI escape.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
That they would be regarded as slothful morons who aren't worth the price of a ticket of admission.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 Feb. 2026

Definition of slothful

Adjective

Why didn’t Tania just get one of her fellow Council wokesters to hire her shiftless, entitled kin?

— Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
After the volunteers slink back to Paddy’s, the most shiftless person on campus will once again be Principal Coleman (Janelle James), whose ineptitude and vanity don’t prevent her from advocating for the students from time to time.

— Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2025

Definition of shiftless

Adjective

Marty Zweben Palos Verdes Estates Time for change The Dodgers look completely listless, and waiting for slumping veterans like Teoscar Hernández and Kyle Tucker to snap out of it is a losing strategy.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Berterame started up front along with Luis Suarez, but the duo were unable to find the back of the net in a listless first half that remained scoreless as the teams headed to intermission.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of listless

Adjective

Or its lazy gaze and obsession with gloss over lived-in texture, which sinks its moments of violence into forgettable trifles?

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
Deep seats give it that sink-in-and-relax feel, and the oversized chaise gives you plenty of wiggle room during movie marathons or lazy weekends.

— Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of lazy

Adjective

Possibly a deepening and widening of populist politics, as both the far right and the far left win over more of the allegedly indolent youth.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026
Every journey with indolent systemic mastocytosis (ISM) is unique, but my journey with ISM has been especially unique.

— Shannon Dingey, Health, 1 July 2026

Definition of indolent

Adjective

The national committee has faced a host of criticism from other Democrats for its lethargic fundraising, including calls for DNC Chair Ken Martin to step down that have so far gone unheeded.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2026
So keep an eye our for habit changes and call a veterinarian if a cat stops eating, becomes lethargic, vomits, appears weak or develops yellowing around the eyes, gums or skin.

— Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of lethargic

Adjective

Instead, we’re treated to a series of agonizingly torpid scenes in which Nita and her co-workers are incepted by the power of Adam’s fiction, which comes to assume the force of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 May 2026
Free money was great for stock-market investors, but Main Street’s recovery was torpid.

— Roger Lowenstein, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2026

Definition of torpid

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