Word:
Sloth
Status:
Noun
Meaning:
The quality or state of being lazy, or a type of animal that lives in the trees of South and Central America that moves very slow.
Sentences:
1) He is more inclined towards sloth, rather than atheletics.
2) The children visited the zoo and saw a family of sloths there.
Origin:
Middle English slouthe which means 'slow'.
First use:
12th century
Synonyms:
idleness, indolence, inertia, laziness
Antonyms:
drive, industriousness, industry.
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