What is the meaning of sloth?

noun

  • A disinclination to work or exert yourself.
  • Any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits.
  • Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins. ).
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