as in slug
a lazy person
she regretted ever asking that layabout to be her roommate, as he created the mess of two people and refused to help with anything
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Recent Examples of layabout
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Katie sees Rachel as little more than a useless layabout waiting to claim the apartment, even though Rachel had been the live-in caregiver before things turned.
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
Terry described Simon — the brother of his late wife —as a layabout who tried to make money by playing various lotteries all day.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2024
The adventurous will find isolation on an epic scale on northern Iceland's windswept landscape, the traditional serenity on a private island off of Anguilla, and the bohemian layabouts a haven in a compound on the Andalusian coast.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Feb. 2023
For decades, American life has been dominated by layabouts—by a broad, bi-coastal, bipartisan elite of non-workers.
—James K. Galbraith, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2019
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
Terry described Simon — the brother of his late wife —as a layabout who tried to make money by playing various lotteries all day.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2024
The adventurous will find isolation on an epic scale on northern Iceland's windswept landscape, the traditional serenity on a private island off of Anguilla, and the bohemian layabouts a haven in a compound on the Andalusian coast.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Feb. 2023
For decades, American life has been dominated by layabouts—by a broad, bi-coastal, bipartisan elite of non-workers.
—James K. Galbraith, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for layabout
Noun
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Bristly rose slug The bristly rose slug is the most common rose slug in California and is the larva of a sawfly.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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The slugs are attracted to the yeasty odor and drown.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Ukrainian special forces and the intelligence directorate in Kyiv were watching with at least one surveillance drone.—
David Axe,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Vandenberg security forces used detection systems at the base to track the drone to a park close to 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) away, where law enforcement found Zhou attempting to hide the drone in his jacket, a court affidavit states.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.—
Hannah Kirby,
Journal Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2024
Noun
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Brody also appeared in seven episodes of his wife’s ABC sitcom Single Parents in 2019 and 2020, playing Meester’s deadbeat boyfriend Derek.—
Luke Chinman,
People.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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Things take a serious turn when Vince’s deadbeat son Rocco (Lewis Pullman) shows up unannounced with his pregnant girlfriend, Marina (Emanuela Postacchini), and alcoholic mother, Ruth (Jennifer Coolidge).—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Keep scrolling to shop more cropped jackets, breezy skirts, tote bags, and slingback loafers inspired by Naomi Watts now.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
People.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Keep things relatively fitted and simple up top, like with a T-shirt or a lightweight cardigan; ground your look with chunky loafers, which are some of the best shoes to wear with wide-leg pants.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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His discoveries promise to upset the gaming tables of every school of thought that wagers on new and untested art for idlers’ rewards: the love of novelty, the will to make or unmake reputations, the wish to be hip or au courant.—
Mark Greif,
Harper's Magazine,
26 July 2024
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Their name exudes the essence of an idler and slacker, but women’s loafers themselves are quite the opposite.—
Gaby Keiderling,
Harper's BAZAAR,
19 Jan. 2023
Noun
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But, somehow, life finds a way: The seafloor was crawling with critters of all shapes and sizes, from centuries-old sponges and cup corals to octopuses, snails, worms, sea spiders, icefish and even a rare giant phantom jellyfish.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Mar. 2025
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Mount Helix takes its name from the helix aspersa, a European garden snail that a Swiss biologist discovered in the area in 1872.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
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Scar then proceeds to desolate the kingdom, with the help of hyenas, while Simba, in exile, grows up to become a pleasure-hunting, grub-eating sluggard.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
19 July 2019
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Clearly, supervision at your job is lax, and your sluggard classmate is taking advantage of that.—
Kwame Anthony Appiah,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2017
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“Layabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/layabout. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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