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unwillingness to work in order to be successful.
    She was an incredibly SHIFTLESS girl; she was trying to get paid without actually doing her job.
shilly-shally
    (SHIL-ee-shal-ee)
    VERB: To vacillate or be indecisive; to waste time or dawdle.
shirker
    (SHUR-ker)
    NOUN: One who ignores his or her responsibilities; dawdler.
shuteye
    (SHUHT-aye)
    NOUN: Another word for sleep or slumber.
siesta
    (see-ES-tuh)
    NOUN: A nap taken in the early afternoon.
sinecure
    (SAHY-ni-kyoor)
    NOUN: A job that pays well but requires very little work.
skulk
    (skuhlk)
    VERB: To move around in a secret, stealthy manner; as a noun in the U.K. it refers to a shirker, or someone who avoids his or her responsibilities.
slack
    (slak)
    ADJECTIVE: Being loose or relaxed, not taut (as in a rope); lacking in energy or vitality.
slacker
    (slak-er)
    NOUN: One who spends his or her days in an idle manner; malingerer.
    James was a SLACKER in school and refused to pay attention or do any of his assignments.
slapdash
    (SLAP-dash)
    ADJECTIVE: Haphazard; disorganized.
sleep-inducing
    (sleep-in-DOOS-ing)
    ADJECTIVE: Something that causes sleep; soporific.
sleepy
    (SLEE-pee)
    ADJECTIVE: Wanting to go to sleep; drowsy.
slipshod
    (SLIP-shod)
    ADJECTIVE: Sloppy; careless; slapdash.
    The kitchen had a SLIPSHOD appearance; the sink was piled high with dishes, the floor was covered with papers and food, and the oven was open.
slog
    (slog)
    VERB: Trudge; to work at something for a long time with few results.
slothful
    (SLAWTH-fuhl)
    ADJECTIVE: Lazy; showing a disinclination to work or exertion.
slouch
    (slouch)
    VERB: To stand in a nonupright, drooping fashion; as a noun, a
slouch
is someone who does not care to do something well, a loafer.
    When you SLOUCH like that, you wrinkle your clothes and ruin your posture.
slowcoach
    (SLOH-kohch)
    NOUN: Someone who moves very slowly; a laggard.
slowgoing
    (SLOH-GOH-ing)
    ADJECTIVE: Happening at a slow pace.
slowness
    (SLOH-nis)
    NOUN: Characterized by being slow; laggardness.
slowpoke
    (SLOH-pohk)
    NOUN: Someone who moves very slowly; slowcoach.
slug
    (sluhg)
    NOUN: A slow-moving mollusk or a person who behaves in a similarly “sluggish” manner.
slugabed
    (SLUHG-uh-bed)
    NOUN: A person who likes to sleep in past a normal hour.
    Henrietta was such a SLUGABED that she would still be sleeping hours after we had all had our breakfast.
sluggard
    (SLUHG-erd)
    NOUN: One who avoids work and other responsibilities.
sluggish
    (SLUHG-ish)
    ADJECTIVE: Slow-moving; lethargic and listless.
slumberland
    (SLUHM-ber-land)
    NOUN: The imaginary place kids are told they visit when they fall asleep.
slumberous
    (SLUHM-ber-uhs)
    ADJECTIVE: Drowsiness; sleepiness.
snooze
    (snooz)
    NOUN: A short nap; used as a verb it means to take a short nap.
somnambulism
    (som-NAM-byuh-liz-uhm)
    NOUN: The technical phrase for sleepwalking; noctambulism.
somniferous
    (som-NIF-er-uhs)
    ADJECTIVE: Having the ability to cause sleepiness.
    “I find this conversation SOMNIFEROUS, so I am going to bed,” she sighed.
somnolent
    (SOM-nuh-luhnt)
    ADJECTIVE: Drowsy or sleepy; quiet.
soporific
    (sop-uh-RIF-ik)
    ADJECTIVE: Having the ability to cause sleepiness. As a noun, it refers to the thing that causes sleepiness—like a drug.
spiritless
    (SPIR-it-lis)
    ADJECTIVE: Lacking courage or vitality.
sponger
    (SPUHN-jer)
    NOUN: One who lives off of others for all his or her needs; freeloader.
squander
    (SKWON-der)
    VERB: To waste something in an extravagant manner.
    He was known to SQUANDER their modest income on elaborate meals and entertainment.
stagnation
    (stag-NAY-shuhn)
    NOUN: A cessation in movement or activity; stasis.
standstill
    (STAND-stil)
    NOUN: A point in time at which all movement and activity stops.
    The afternoon was at a STANDSTILL as we all were lulled into a heavy sleep with our full bellies.
stasis
    (STAY-SIS)
    NOUN: A state during which there is no movement, development, or progression; in science, this can be the result of two forces balancing each other