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безде́ятельный — meaning in English

bezdeyatelnyy

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English meaning

  • indolent adjective Avoiding effort or activity; lazy in a relaxed, unhurried way.
  • passive adjective Accepting what happens without acting to change or resist it.

Senses

безде́ятельный is used for these senses in English:

  • indolent Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.
  • passive Taking no action.

indolent — full definition

  1. adjective Avoiding effort or activity; lazy in a relaxed, unhurried way.
  2. adjective Of a disease or growth: developing very slowly and causing little or no pain.

passive — full definition

  1. adjective Accepting what happens without acting to change or resist it.
  2. adjective Describing a grammatical construction where the subject receives the action rather than performing it.
  3. adjective Not requiring active input or power; not actively generating energy.

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