slacker

noun

slack·​er ˈsla-kər How to pronounce slacker (audio)
1
: a person who shirks work or obligation
especially : one who evades military service in time of war
2
: a person and especially a young person who is perceived to be disaffected, apathetic, cynical, or lacking ambition
slacker adjective

Examples of slacker in a Sentence

The people I work with are a bunch of slackers. there will be no slackers tolerated in this group—anyone who doesn't do their share will get booted out
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Still, Brockman’s no slacker and presents properly when ordered on a mission escorting annoying, wise-cracking civilian defense contractor Josh Weaver (Desmin Borges) on the maintenance of surveillance installations close to the North Korean border. Richard Kuipers, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025 Two slackers are short on rent in ‘One of Them Days,’ — now playing in theaters — an L.A. comedy with extra moxie. Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025 Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba is very serious, without Idina Menzel’s deadpan humor, and Bailey’s Fiyero is played like a straight-ahead charmer, not a slyly fun slacker, and Michelle Yeoh’s Madame Morrible is grounded instead of grand. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024 Consider Chatterton’s Fields of This, an exemplary case study, as the hazy slacker rock the Oxnard, California, duo of guitarist-keyboardist Brock Pierce and multi-instrumentalist Logan Scrivner dream up is brash yet diffident. Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for slacker 

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of slacker was in 1898

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“Slacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slacker. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.

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slacker

noun
slack·​er ˈslak-ər How to pronounce slacker (audio)
: one who avoids work or a duty

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