as in slug
a lazy person
she regretted ever asking that layabout to be her roommate, as he created the mess of two people and refused to help with anything
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Recent Examples of layabout
Dreux has entrusted Alyssa with delivering Uche’s money before the first of the month—but instead, Alyssa has asked her layabout, freeloading boyfriend Keshawn (Joshua David Neal) to put the money in Uche’s hands.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
In Yancheng, in eastern China, the police have checked karaoke bars, rental housing and hotels for potential layabouts.
—Vivian Wang, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Republicans consistently slander disability recipients as malingerers and layabouts.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
But his Johnny is a sullen layabout, lacking in the punk rock energy that the role requires.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
In Yancheng, in eastern China, the police have checked karaoke bars, rental housing and hotels for potential layabouts.
—Vivian Wang, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Republicans consistently slander disability recipients as malingerers and layabouts.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
But his Johnny is a sullen layabout, lacking in the punk rock energy that the role requires.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for layabout
Noun
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When Dina refuses an anesthetic slug of alcohol during the proceedings, Jesse gets the wind up.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2025
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Rather than look to slug, Mookie Betts lifted a fly ball deep enough to advance Edman to third.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
Noun
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Ukraine’s operation followed a Russian attack overnight Saturday that involved 472 drones – Moscow’s largest drone attack since the war began.—
Mitchell McCluskey,
CNN Money,
2 June 2025
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The staff has been mapping every last crevice of salable land, a job that Barna, the operations V.P., told me may one day be done with drones.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
Noun
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.—
Hannah Kirby,
Journal Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2024
Noun
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More troubling was being lumped in with Trump’s growing list of deadbeats, criminals and other miscreants.—
Ian Cooper,
Sun Sentinel,
5 May 2025
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This one has Skarsgård as Eddie, a deadbeat but well-meaning dad to Sarah (Ashley Cartwright) and petty thief whose attempt to steal a luxury SUV turns into disaster because its unseen psycho vigilante owner named William (Anthony Hopkins) has rigged it so bad things happen.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Stay close to the leaders and lifters and move away from the loafers and leeches.—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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The actor was spotted in a black T-shirt and light-wash straight-leg jeans, worn with simple black loafers and socks, and a vintage-style brown suede jacket.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
28 May 2025
Noun
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His discoveries promise to upset the gaming tables of every school of thought that wagers on new and untested art for idlers’ rewards: the love of novelty, the will to make or unmake reputations, the wish to be hip or au courant.—
Mark Greif,
Harper's Magazine,
26 July 2024
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Their name exudes the essence of an idler and slacker, but women’s loafers themselves are quite the opposite.—
Gaby Keiderling,
Harper's BAZAAR,
19 Jan. 2023
Noun
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These capuchins have figured out how to use stones to crack open mollusks, snails and other edible treats that have hard shells.—
Elizabeth Landau,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Some of the snails the DOC cares for are around 25 to 30 years old, the release said.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
12 May 2025
Noun
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Scar then proceeds to desolate the kingdom, with the help of hyenas, while Simba, in exile, grows up to become a pleasure-hunting, grub-eating sluggard.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
19 July 2019
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Clearly, supervision at your job is lax, and your sluggard classmate is taking advantage of that.—
Kwame Anthony Appiah,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2017
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“Layabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/layabout. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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