meaning of faineant

1. Doing nothing; shiftless.
2.
A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard.
3.
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"


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