indolent

Adjective
  1. Disinclined to work or exertion (synset 300295445)
    "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"
    similar to: idle - not in action or at work
    same as: faineant, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy
  2. (of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless (synset 300038373)
    "an indolent ulcer"; "leprosy is an indolent infectious disease"
    referred to in: pathology - the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases
    similar to: inactive - (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly

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