SLOTHFULNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slothfulness mean? 

• SLOTHFULNESS (noun)
  The noun SLOTHFULNESS has 1 sense:

1. a disinclination to work or exert yourself

  Familiarity information: SLOTHFULNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLOTHFULNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disinclination to work or exert yourself

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

sloth; slothfulness

Hypernyms ("slothfulness" is a kind of...):

disinclination; hesitancy; hesitation; indisposition; reluctance (a certain degree of unwillingness)

Derivation:

slothful (disinclined to work or exertion)

 Context examples 

I am too classical, not enough up-to-date in the interpretative branches of science, and I can only plead the disadvantages of my education and a temperamental slothfulness that prevents me from doing the work.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)