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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. disinclined to work or exertion;
- Example: "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"
- Example: "an indolent hanger-on"
- Example: "too lazy to wash the dishes"
- Example: "shiftless idle youth"
- Example: "slothful employees"
- Example: "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"
[syn: faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy]

2. (of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless;
- Example: "an indolent ulcer"
- Example: "leprosy is an indolent infectious disease"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Indolent \In"do*lent\, a. [Pref. in- not + L. dolens, -entis, p.
   pr. of dolere to feel pain: cf. F. indolent. See Dolorous.]
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   1. Free from toil, pain, or trouble. [Obs.]
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   2. Indulging in ease; avoiding labor and exertion; habitually
      idle; lazy; inactive; as, an indolent man.
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            To waste long nights in indolent repose. --Pope.
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   3. (Med.) Causing little or no pain or annoyance; as, an
      indolent tumor.

   Syn: Idle; lazy; slothful; sluggish; listless; inactive;
        inert. See Idle.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

indolent
    adj 1: 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" [syn: faineant, indolent,
           lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy]
    2: (of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually
       painless; "an indolent ulcer"; "leprosy is an indolent
       infectious disease"