Laziness
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Laziness is emotional disinclination to activity or exertion despite having the ability to act or to exert oneself. It is often used as a pejorative; terms for a person seen to be lazy include "couch
Scene in club lounge, by Thomas Rowlandson
Slacker
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A slacker is someone who habitually avoids work or lacks work ethic.
Laziness
…despite having the ability to act or to exert oneself. It is often used as a pejorative; terms for a person seen to be lazy include "couch potato" and "slacker". Related concepts include sloth, a Christian sin, abulia, a medical term for reduced motivation, and lethargy, a state of lacking energy. Despite the…
A 1942 US War Production Board propaganda poster equates slacking in the workplace to desertion.