Sloth - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |sləʊθ|  American pronunciation of the word sloth
Brit.  |sləʊθ|  British pronunciation of the word sloth

noun

- a disinclination to work or exert yourself
- 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
- apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) (syn: laziness)

Extra examples

...a youth inclined more toward sloth than athletics...

...a torpid sloth that refused to budge off its tree branch...

Word forms

noun
singular: sloth
plural: sloths
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