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Grammar : Noun
Spell : slawth-fuhl, slohth-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈslɔθ fəl, ˈsloʊθ-



Definition of slothfulness

Origin :
  • c.1400, from sloth + -ful. Related: Slothfully; slothfulness. For the latter, Middle English also had sloth-head (c.1300), with Middle English -hede, cognate with -hood.
  • noun laziness
Example sentences :
  • Speedily he relapsed again into slothfulness and self-indulgence.
  • Extract from : « Art in England » by Dutton Cook
  • It must be the fruit of our own mismanagement or slothfulness or vices.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 » by Various
  • It furnishes constant temptation to slothfulness and inactivity.
  • Extract from : « India, Its Life and Thought » by John P. Jones
  • All that resulted was the renewal of slothfulness, prodigality, and killing.
  • Extract from : « The Quest » by Frederik van Eeden
  • When we do it to gratify our slothfulness, or to cover our wilful ignorance and disability.
  • Extract from : « A Christian Directory » by Baxter Richard
  • Slothfulness is condemned even by the feeblest of all the creatures.
  • Extract from : « The Heavenly Footman » by John Bunyan
  • In Thee is no carelessness, neglect, slothfulness, nor caprice.
  • Extract from : « Westminster Sermons » by Charles Kingsley
  • With all his slothfulness he was shrewd, and could drive a better bargain than many men twice as active in mind and body.
  • Extract from : « Sustained honor » by John R. Musick,
  • Short, weak, crooked and black-coloured nails show deceit and slothfulness.
  • Extract from : « The Influence of the Stars » by Rosa Baughan
  • The coffee was eloquent of the fact; the slothfulness of the bunk house shouted it in his ears.
  • Extract from : « The Short Cut » by Jackson Gregory

Synonyms for slothfulness

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