sloth
noun [U] (NO EFFORT) /sləʊθ/
/sloʊθ/ literaryDefinition
› unwillingness to work or make any effort: The report criticizes the government's sloth in tackling environmental problems.Laziness and lazy peopleAvoiding action
(Definition of sloth noun (NO EFFORT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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