What is the meaning of faineant?

adjective

  • Disinclined to work or exertion.
    • usage: "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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