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Meanings of slothfulness in English

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A disinclination to work or exert yourself.

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        Usage of slothfulness in English
        1
        These duties point out the prevailing sins, namely, slothfulness, forgetfulness and security.
        Notes on the Apocalypse
        2
        The defective love which manifests itself as slothfulness is punished on this terrace.
        National Epics
        3
        My brother, I beseech you, rouse yourself from your contented slothfulness.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter...
        4
        The whole court marvelled at his slothfulness as time passed and he changed not.
        King Arthur's Knights / The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls
        5
        Remaining in bed half asleep is productive of slothfulness.
        Maintaining Health (Formerly Health and Efficiency)
        6
        Would you be willing to be damned for slothfulness?
        Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
        7
        Against the slothfulness of the Government in these years, Roosevelt voiced the true opinion of America.
        Theodore Roosevelt
        8
        In Alexander the characteristic virtues of the Jagiellos, patience and generosity, degenerated into slothfulness and extravagance.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        9
        Speedily he relapsed again into slothfulness and self-indulgence.
        Art in England: Notes and Studies
        10
        Yet, my idling is not mere slothfulness.
        A Pagan of the Hills
        11
        The coffee was eloquent of the fact; the slothfulness of the bunk house shouted it in his ears.
        The Short Cut
        12
        Now be ye wary, nor let the curse of the Wolf and the Face lie on your slothfulness.'
        The Roots of the Mountains / Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Liv...
        13
        By slothfulness a building shall be brought down, and through the weakness of hands, the house shall drop through.
        The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
        14
        And afterwards they sat down to table, where Hircan failed not to laugh at the slothfulness of his wife.
        The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 4 (of 5)
        15
        That is to say, when laziness, carelessness, slothfulness, and lack-interest are allowed to have their own way, everybody suffers.
        My Life and Work
        16
        She had none of those self-complacent delusions which lure vain women on in slothfulness until Love vacates his neglected temple.
        The Second Generation
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