indolent
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1. (of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless (adj.all)
| similar | : | inactive, |
| definition | : | (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly (adj.all) |
| domain category | : | pathology, |
| definition | : | the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases (noun.cognition) |
2. disinclined to work or exertion (adj.all)
| similar | : | idle, |
| definition | : | not in action or at work (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | acedia, laziness, sloth, |
| definition | : | apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | indolence, laziness, |
| definition | : | inactivity resulting from a dislike of work (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | faineance, idleness, |
| definition | : | the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | sloth, slothfulness, |
| definition | : | a disinclination to work or exert yourself (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | acedia, laziness, sloth, |
| definition | : | apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | indolence, laziness, |
| definition | : | inactivity resulting from a dislike of work (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | faineance, idleness, |
| definition | : | the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | sloth, slothfulness, |
| definition | : | a disinclination to work or exert yourself (noun.attribute) |
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