slothnoun
uk/sləʊθ/us/sloʊθ/sloth noun (NO EFFORT)
[ U ] literary unwillingness to work or make any effort:
The report criticizes the government's sloth in tackling environmental problems.
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Laziness and lazy people
- bludger
- bone idle idiom
- bum around
- CBA
- clock-watching
- deadbeat
- doss
- idle
- inertia
- layabout
- lazy
- lazybones
- lie down on the job idiom
- loafer
- shirker
- skiver
- slacker
- slackness
- slob
- slug
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sloth noun (ANIMAL)
[ C ] a mammal that moves slowly and lives in trees:
Sloths live in Central and South America.
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Wild mammals
- aardvark
- anteater
- armadillo
- bandicoot
- big beast
- fruit bat
- giant panda
- giraffe
- grizzly bear
- hedgehog
- pachyderm
- panda
- platypus
- polar bear
- polecat
- tapir
- tusker
- vampire bat
- wallaby
- weasel
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