sloth

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1. apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) (noun.act)

hypernym	:	deadly sin, mortal sin,
definition	:	an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace (noun.act)

2. 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 (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	edentate,
definition	:	primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	ai, bradypus tridactylus, three-toed sloth,
definition	:	a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	choloepus didactylus, two-toed sloth, unai, unau,
definition	:	relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	choloepus hoffmanni, two-toed sloth, unai, unau,
definition	:	a sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	bradypodidae, family bradypodidae,
definition	:	a family of edentates comprising the true sloths (noun.animal)

3. a disinclination to work or exert yourself (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	disinclination, hesitancy, hesitation, indisposition, reluctance,
definition	:	a certain degree of unwillingness (noun.attribute)

4. apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) (noun.act)

derivation	:	faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy, faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy,
definition	:	disinclined to work or exertion (adj.all)

derivation	:	faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy, faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy,
definition	:	disinclined to work or exertion (adj.all)

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