indolent

The definition of indolent is lazy or disinterested in working, or inactive or painless.

(adjective)

An example of someone who is indolent is a shop worker who prefers to look at their cell phone rather than help a customer.
A benign tumor is an example of something indolent.

See indolent in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

disliking or avoiding work; idle; lazy
Med.
1. causing little or no pain: an indolent cyst
2. slow to heal: an indolent ulcer
3. inactive or slowly developing: an indolent tumor

Origin: < LL indolens < L in-, not + dolens, prp. of dolere, to feel pain: see doleful

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See indolent in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

a. Disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy. See Synonyms at lazy.
b. Conducive to inactivity or laziness; lethargic: humid, indolent weather.
a. Causing little or no pain: an indolent tumor.
b. Slow to heal, grow, or develop; inactive: an indolent ulcer.

Origin:

Origin: Late Latin indolēns, indolent-, painless

Origin: : Latin in-, not; see in-¹

Origin: + Latin dolēns

Origin: , present participle of dolēre, to feel pain

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