Sentence Examples for “Indolent”
Examples from the News for “Indolent”
But in reality it’s an important step towards a time when space travel for your average indolent millionaire will become commonplace.
Source: The Guardian, Feb 9, 2018
He also keeps a sharp lookout for thieves, delinquents and indolent workers.
Source: New York Times, Nov 4, 2017
Examples from Business for “Indolent”
Among middle-aged women, between the ages of 40 and 60, indolent or slow-growing breast tumors are rare.
Stripping away such entitlements, Conservatives believe, will promote self-reliance, nudge the indolent into jobs and save money.
Source: The Guardian, Aug 7, 2010
Examples from Science and Medicine
All three groups of mice gained weight during the study, but those in the exercising and shaken groups put on slightly less than the indolent rodents.
Source: Science Magazine, Mar 14, 2017
New methods for telling aggressive and indolent cancer cells apart are being investigated.
Definition of “Indolent”
adj: disinclined to work or exertion
or
adj: (of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless
Synonyms for “Indolent”
- faineant (definition: disinclined to work or exertion)
- lazy
- otiose (definition: serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; producing no result or effect; disinclined to work or exertion)
- slothful
- work-shy
- idle
- drony
- easygoing
- inactive
- inert
- lackadaisical
- languid
- lax
- lethargic
- listless
- resting
- shiftless
- slothful
- slow
- slow-going
- sluggish
- torpid (definition: in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; slow and apathetic)