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Meanings of sloth in inglés

portugués
preguiça
catalán
mandra
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Allegorical human figure personifying sloth as of one of the Seven Deadly Sins.

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preguiça
ruso
folivora
portugués
bicho-preguiça
catalán
peresós
español
perezosos
Wikidata

Suborder of mammals.

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perezosos
portugués
preguiça
español
pereza
catalán
mandra
Wikidata

Laziness and apathy as a sin.

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pereza
portugués
preguiça
catalán
peresós

Any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits.

preguiça
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Examples for "tree sloth"
Examples for "tree sloth"
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The Krag developed from scurrying rodents, the Vaaach from some sort of carnivorous tree sloth, the Pfelung from bottom-feeding, pond-dwelling lungfish.
To Honor You Call Us
2
They were part of a group that includes modern tree sloths, armadillos and anteaters.
BBC
3
There are tree sloths more uptight than Jason Taylor.
Terminal
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Apathetic as tree sloths, says Trudy.
Those who save us
5
"They like the furry tree sloths most of all," Fillip said.
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Usage of sloth in inglés
1
We should get tough, if necessary funding legal challenges to American sloth.
The Guardian
2
The sloth, incompetence and nepotism of officials, exposed in recent months, remains.
The Guardian
3
It is by the sloth, the drunkenness or the villainy of servants.
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 04 / Swift's Wr...
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That doesn't sound particularly enticing to a sloth, but it was perfect.
The Guardian
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The poison of sloth will get into the soul little by little.
How to Live a Holy Life
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They attempted impossibilities when their subjects were sunk in sloth and degradation.
The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
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He has shaken off the yoke of his spiritual sloth and avarice.
Tragic Sense Of Life
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Objection 1: It would seem that sloth is not a special vice.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
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Objection 1: It would seem that sloth is not a mortal sin.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
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A French naturalist in 1822 assigned the sloth the name Megalonyx jeffersoni.
Wired
11
Figuring out the muzzle shape of each sloth was a multi-step process.
Wired
12
It is a reversion to magic, a pandering to man's natural sloth.
Eyeless in Gaza
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No life is wasted unless it ends in sloth, dishonesty, or cowardice.
Pushing to the Front
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Apathy creeps over the spirit, and sloth winds itself about our deeds.
The Warriors
15
Surely it's not for sloth your master lets you go to seed.
The Odyssey
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Accusations of sloth and lukewarmness might not unjustly be preferred against her.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
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