| a. | 1. | Doing nothing; shiftless; disinclined to work or exertion. |
| n. | 1. | A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard. |
| Adj. | 1. | faineant - 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" |