indolent

  • (s) disinclined to work or exertion
    • faineant kings under whose rule the country languished
    • an indolent hanger-on
    • too lazy to wash the dishes
    • shiftless idle youth
    • slothful employees
    • the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy
    faineant, slothful, work-shy, lazy, otiose,
  • (s) (of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless
    • an indolent ulcer
    • leprosy is an indolent infectious disease

Synonyms

faineant slothful work-shy lazy otiose

Words of close approximity

indolently