noun. The state or quality of being slothful; the indulgence of sloth; inactivity; the habit of idleness; laziness.

noun. The state or quality of being slothful.

noun. The result or product of being slothful.

noun. a disinclination to work or exert yourself

"Those that would have their knowledge increased must take pains, must not sit still in slothfulness and bare wishes but run to and fro, must make use of all the means of knowledge and improve all opportunities of getting their mistakes rectified, their doubts resolved, and their acquaintance with the things of God improved, to know more and to know better what they do know."

disinclination  hesitancy  hesitation  indisposition  reluctance  

asthenopia  carryings-on  cavilling  discontentment  dispassion