Indolent meaning

ĭn'də-lənt

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

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.

adjective

Disliking or avoiding work; lazy; idle.

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Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor/labour.

The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.

adjective

Inducing laziness (e.g. indolent comfort).

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(medicine) Causing scant or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.).

adjective

(medicine) Healing slowly.

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Late Latin indolēns indolent- painless Latin in- not in–¹ Latin dolēns present participle of dolēre to feel pain

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From French indolent, from Latin indolentem, from in- (“not”) + dolēns (“pain”)

From Wiktionary

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