Sloth: A Dictionary for the Lazy by Adams Media Corporation Page A

in college and never chose anything to study specifically.
disinterested
    (dis-IN-tuh-res-tid)
    ADJECTIVE: Showing a lack of interest or concern.
dispassionate
    (dis-PASH-uh-nit)
    ADJECTIVE: A lack of passion or emotion toward something; unbiased.
do-nothing
    (DOO-nuhth-ing)
    NOUN: Someone who is lazy; a person who literally chooses to “do nothing.”
dodger
    (DOJ-er)
    NOUN: One who avoids his or her responsibilities; shirker.
dolittle
    (DOO-lit-l)
    NOUN: Literally, one who does little; do-nothing.
doodle
    (DOOD-l)
    VERB: To take part in an inconsequential activity; to draw something in an unplanned, absent-minded manner.
dormant
    (DAWR-muhnt)
    ADJECTIVE: Being in a state of inactivity.
    For years she was DORMANT, reclining on the couch for hours each day, rising only when necessary and quickly lying back down again.
dozy
    (DOH-zee)
    ADJECTIVE: Sleepy or drowsy.
dreaminess
    (DREE-mee-nis)
    NOUN: A dreamlike state or pensiveness; a perfectly pleasurable dreamlike state.
drifter
    (DRIF-ter)
    NOUN: One who is constantly moving from place to place—home, job, etc.—without any clear path or goal.
drone
    (drohn)
    NOUN: One who does not want to work or help in any way; a loafer. As a verb, it means to talk excessively in a very monotone, boring manner.
droop
    (droop)
    VERB: To sag or hang down; to become disheartened.
dropout
    (DROP-out)
    VERB: Abandoning something before completion, including an educational program or society; as a noun, it defines one who abandons something before completion.
dross
    (draws)
    NOUN: Something that is useless or of low quality; rubbish.
    How did you spend money on such DROSS when you know it will just fall apart in a few days?
drowse
    (drouz)
    VERB: Being midway between sleep and wakefulness.
drowsy
    (DROU-zee)
    ADJECTIVE: Sleepy, tired; sluggish.

E
effete
    (ih-FEET)
    ADJECTIVE: Devoid of energy or vivacity; no longer able to produce.
emotionless
    (ih-MOH-shuhn-lis)
    ADJECTIVE: Lacking any emotion or passion, particularly in a situation where it would be expected or called for.
enervate
    (EN-er-vayt)
    VERB: To weaken one’s physical, psychological, or moral strength or vibrance; debilitate.
    To spend so much time resting would ENERVATE anyone, making it nearly impossible to resume a normal life.
ennui
    (ahn-WEE)
    NOUN: From the French word for apathy or boredom,
ennui
is a feeling of boredom and discontent with life.
ergophobia
    (ER-goh-foh-bee-uh)
    NOUN: Fear of work.
    Sloth is of all the passions
the most powerful…
    —S AMUEL B ECKETT
eschew
    (es-CHOO)
    VERB: To abstain from or avoid.
evade
    (ih-VAYD)
    VERB: To use one’s ingenuity to avoid or escape something; elude.
    He had a knack for being able to EVADE any kind of responsibility or obligation, leaving all of his spare time for himself.
exanimate
    (eg-ZAN-uh-mit)
    ADJECTIVE: Without life or expression; lifeless.
exhaust
    (ig-ZAWST)
    VERB: To deplete all of something; the word could refer to one’s energy level or a resource such as food.

F
failing
    (FAY-ling)
    NOUN: A failure or shortcoming.
fainéant
    (FAY-nee-uhnt)
    NOUN: A French term for a lazy person or slacker. Can also be used as an adjective to describe such a person.
fatigue
    (fuh-TEEG)
    NOUN: Extreme exhaustion, usually as a result of overexertion. As a verb it means to cause extreme exhaustion.
feeble
    (FEE-buhl)
    ADJECTIVE: Physically or mentally weak.
feckless
    (FEK-lis)
    ADJECTIVE: Lacking any sense of responsibility or ambition.
    Your son is so FECKLESS that he will probably never seek a job or move out of your home.
fiddle
    (FID-l)
    VERB: To waste time; to move one’s hands or fingers in a nervous manner; as a noun it’s a stringed musical instrument in the same family as the violin or to play that instrument.
fixed
    (fikst)
    ADJECTIVE: Stationary; as a verb it means to put something into order or to prearrange the outcome of something that should be random (as in fixing a horse race).
flop
    (flop)
    VERB: To plop down on something in a careless, tired fashion;