sloth (n.)

  1. a disinclination to work or exert yourself

    [ Syn: slothfulness ]

  2. any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits

    [ Syn: tree sloth ]

  3. apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)

    [ Syn: laziness , acedia ]

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