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Indolent

/ˈɪndələnt/
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(adj) Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.

He was an indolent man, who lived only to eat, drink, and play at cards.
Indolent youth creates a begging old age.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ cat spent the entire day sleeping on the sunny windowsill instead of catching mice.

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