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faineant

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fai`ne`ant´    (fã`nã`äN´)
a.1.Doing nothing; shiftless; disinclined to work or exertion.
n.1.A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard.
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Adj.1.faineant - disinclined to work or exertion; "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"
indolent, slothful, work-shy, lazy, otiose
idle - not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"


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