sluggardly

adjective

Definition of sluggardlynext
as in slothful

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sluggardly
  1. slothful
  2. shiftless
  3. listless
  4. lazy
  5. indolent
  6. lethargic
  7. sluggard
  8. torpid
Adjective
  • 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
  • Soviet Russia, too, experienced periodic panics about slothful bureaucrats impeding the dictatorship of the proletariat.
    — Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
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
  • In Los Angeles, Dees describes the shift as palpable—a welcome resurgence after what had been an otherwise listless start to the year.
    — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Republican pollsters and political groups are raising the alarm that their party faces a listless and demotivated base ahead of November’s midterm elections.
    — Liz Goodwin, Washington Post, 26 July 2026
Definition of listless
Adjective
  • Traditional lazy Susans only work on round tables -- enter The Lazy Susan Revolution, a patented system designed specifically for long, rectangular and oval tables, bringing every dish within reach of every guest.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Most of my procrastination stems from being too lazy to expertly fold my clothes properly in my suitcase to avoid wrinkles.
    — Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of lazy
Adjective
  • Every journey with indolent systemic mastocytosis (ISM) is unique, but my journey with ISM has been especially unique.
    — Shannon Dingey, Health, 1 July 2026
  • No, rest is for the lazy, the Caucasian adolescent, the indolent, the indulgent—until the age of thirty.
    — Taiye Selasi, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
Definition of indolent
Adjective
  • The expansion to California’s film and TV tax credit program hasn’t notably curbed lethargic production levels in Los Angeles, at least not yet.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026
  • If your dog is stumbling, lethargic, vomiting, collapses or is unresponsive, contact a vet immediately while working to cool down your dog.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 16 July 2026
Definition of lethargic
Adjective
  • The stock really has not done much of anything in the last five years, the stock following a similar sluggard pattern of the company’s revenue line.
    — MoneyShow, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2021
Definition of sluggard
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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“Sluggardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sluggardly. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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