| Adj. | 1. | slothful - 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"idle - not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind" | |