as in slug
a lazy person
tried to wake up the sluggards who were still sleeping at that late hour
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Recent Examples of sluggard
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 19 July 2019
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
Slug was – is – a variant on sluggard, which was actually used as a surname for some time, apparently.
—Ruth Walker, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2017
French workers, whom the British like to dismiss as holiday-hogging sluggards, are more productive than the British.
—The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
Moneyshow, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2021
Noun
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
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
Slug was – is – a variant on sluggard, which was actually used as a surname for some time, apparently.
—Ruth Walker, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2017
French workers, whom the British like to dismiss as holiday-hogging sluggards, are more productive than the British.
—The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sluggard
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Studying the creature’s body physiology, habitat, and genome showed that this is no ordinary slug.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
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Clutch hits can elude them while singles have supplanted slug as their standard operating procedure.Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 28 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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At our test track, the buzzy little SUV needed a slothful 9.2 seconds to hit 60 mph.Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 23 Dec. 2022
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The pilfered offspring return with the raiders to their nests, then hatch and grow up to become live-in slaves, tasked with the feeding and care of their slothful masters and their masters’ brood.Brendan Borrell, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2013
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This luxurious sheet mask is infused with COSRX snail 96 mucin power essence, offering hydration and nourishment.Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
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Kena Betancur / Getty Images Gary the snail hitched a ride on SpongeBob SquarePants.Claudia Hernández, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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The durable 1,000-piece jigsaw is made of thick stock and high-quality art paper engineered to withstand lazy days of leisure.Jaclyn Trop, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
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Many observers have accepted the lazy narrative that the sanctions imposed on Moscow at the start of the war didn’t work, and that its economy is humming along.Theodore Bunzel, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2024
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The drones are already equipped with ballistic fire controls and automatic targeting algorithms, but these systems may need improving.David Axe, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Officers also interviewed potential witnesses and the department deployed drones, canine units, scuba divers and planes to canvas the area, Tisch said.N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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It’s always been a period piece: Its story takes place in the just-post-Kennedy Bronx of Shanley’s childhood, where the rigid Sister Aloysius (Amy Ryan), the principal at St. Nicholas School, vehemently objects to ballpoint pens as one of many insidious gateways to a malign and indolent future.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
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Bates defeated Marilyn Mosby who was never publicly criticized by Scott for her indolent leadership as Baltimore state’s attorney.Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Apr. 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
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This represents the loss of an idea of what the capital should represent, the removal of a place that was an idler’s haven.Anandi Mishra, The Atlantic, 30 July 2022
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Just as Let’s Start Here tapped the Yves Tumor and Caroline Polachek regulars Justin Raisen and Patrick Wimberly to steer its lysergic pop, Bad Cameo solicits heady, shiftless synthesizer compositions to showcase different dimensions in Lil Yachty’s voice.Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 July 2024
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Gill’s benevolent steadfastness is supported by his loving, tolerant wife (Shailene Woodley) but mocked by his shiftless brother (a very funny Pete Davidson), who urges him to cash in.Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
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“Sluggard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sluggard. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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