Faineant (Adjective)
Meaning
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The faineant monarch spent most of his days lounging in the palace gardens, leaving the affairs of state to his advisors.
- After a few months of doing nothing, the young man's faineant nature began to get on his parents' nerves.
- The company's faineant employees were always finding excuses to avoid doing any actual work, and productivity suffered as a result.
- The faineant aristocrat was more interested in his own pleasures than in managing his estate, which was rapidly falling into disrepair.
- The critics accused the faineant government of being too lazy to tackle the country's pressing problems, and instead just kicking the can down the road.