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indolent

in·do·lent

UK/ˈɪn.də.lənt/ US/ˈɪndʌlʌnt/ fairly common

adjective

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”
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2.

of tumors e.g.; slow to heal or develop and usually painless

  • “an indolent ulcer”
  • “leprosy is an indolent infectious disease”
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Origin

From French indolent or directly from Late Latin indolēns, from in- (“not”) + dolēns (“hurting”), from doleo (“to hurt”). The later sense of “living easily, slothful” perhaps developed in French.

Phrases

  • indolent lesion of epithelial origin

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