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sluggard

noun

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A habitually lazy or inactive person.

The fable contrasts a diligent gardener with a sluggard who avoids every task.

Dictionary practice example.

A habitual sluggard in the family's comic retelling repeatedly invented excuses to avoid his agreed share of sorting, even when willing and able helpers needed him.

From An Afternoon of Shared Work.

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