App logo

indolent

/ˈɪn.dəl.ənt/adjective

Avoiding work or effort by nature; habitually lazy.

Example sentences

  • The indolent cat refused to move from the sofa all day.
  • He passed an indolent summer doing nothing at all.

Literary and formal; 'lazy' is the everyday word. In medicine, an indolent disease is one that progresses slowly.

Related words