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Indolent

Indolent Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Indolent? [adj] (pathology) of tumors e.g.; slow to heal or develop and usually painless; "an indolent ulcer"; "leprosy is an indolent infectious disease" [adj] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Indolent: faineant \| idle \| inactive \| lazy \| otiose \| slothful \| work-shy Related Terms \| Find terms related to Indolent: ambling \| bone-lazy \| cadging \| cautious \| circumspect \| claudicant \| crawling \| creeping \| creeping like snail \| deliberate \| dilatory \| doless \| do-nothing \| dronish \| drony \| easy \| easygoing \| ergophobic \| faineant \| faltering \| flagging \| foot-dragging \| gentle \| good-for-nothing \| gradual \| halting \| hobbled \| hobbling \| idle \| inactive \| inert \| laggard \| languid \| languorous \| lax \| lazy \| lazybones \| lazyboots \| lazylegs \| leisurely \| lethargic \| lie-abed \| limping \| listless \| lumbering \| moderate \| nonaggressive \| parasitic \| poking \| poky \| procrastinative \| relaxed \| reluctant \| remiss \| sauntering \| scrounging \| shiftless \| shuffling \| slack \| slothful \| slow \| slow as death \| slow as molasses \| slow as slow \| slow-crawling \| slow-foot \| slow-going \| slow-legged \| slow-moving \| slow-paced \| slow-poky \| slow-running \| slow-sailing \| slow-stepped \| slugabed \| sluggish \| snaillike \| snail-paced \| sponging \| staggering \| stagnant \| strolling \| tentative \| toddling \| torpid \| tortoiselike \| tottering \| trudging \| turtlelike \| unenterprising \| unhurried \| waddling \| work-shy See Also \| Indolent In Webster's Dictionary \In"do*lent\, a. [Pref. in- not + L. dolens, -entis, p. pr. of dolere to feel pain: cf. F. indolent. See {Dolorous}.] 1. Free from toil, pain, or trouble. [Obs.] 2. Indulging in ease; avoiding labor and exertion; habitually idle; lazy; inactive; as, an indolent man. To waste long nights in indolent repose. --Pope. 3. (Med.) Causing little or no pain or annoyance; as, an indolent tumor. Syn: Idle; lazy; slothful; sluggish; listless; inactive; inert. See {Idle}.

Indolent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Indolent?

[adj] (pathology) of tumors e.g.; slow to heal or develop and usually painless; "an indolent ulcer"; "leprosy is an indolent infectious disease"
[adj] 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"

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Indolent In Webster's Dictionary

\In"do*lent\, a. [Pref. in- not + L. dolens, -entis, p.
pr. of dolere to feel pain: cf. F. indolent. See {Dolorous}.]
1. Free from toil, pain, or trouble. [Obs.]

2. Indulging in ease; avoiding labor and exertion; habitually
   idle; lazy; inactive; as, an indolent man.

         To waste long nights in indolent repose. --Pope.

3. (Med.) Causing little or no pain or annoyance; as, an
   indolent tumor.

Syn: Idle; lazy; slothful; sluggish; listless; inactive;
     inert. See {Idle}.

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