1. A disinclination to work or exert yourself
   "The team's sloth during practice led to their poor performance";
   - slothfulness
    
2. Spiritual or mental sloth; apathy or indifference in religious practice; one of the seven deadly sins in Christian teachings
   "The monk struggled with sloth during long periods of isolation";
   - laziness, acedia
    
3. 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
   "The tree sloth's slow metabolism allows it to conserve energy while hanging upside down";
   - tree sloth

Derived forms: sloths

Type of: deadly sin, disinclination, edentate, hesitancy, hesitation, indisposition, mortal sin, reluctance

Part of: Bradypodidae, family Bradypodidae

Encyclopedia: Sloth