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sloth

/sləʊθ/noun

उच्चारण स्लोथ

स्लॉथ (पेड़ों पर रहने वाला धीमा जानवर)

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noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a South and Central American animal that lives in trees and moves very slowly

    स्लॉथ (पेड़ों पर रहने वाला धीमा जानवर)

    • A sloth can hang upside down from a branch for hours.
  2. 2

    [U] formal

    the bad habit of being lazy and unwilling to work

    आलस्य, सुस्ती, काहिली

    • He blamed his failure on his own sloth.

    Synonyms laziness idleness indolence inertia lethargy

    Opposite diligence industry energy

◇Word family
slothful adjective
≈Synonyms and antonyms
§Grammar and usage

Sloth is usually pronounced to rhyme with both, not with cloth.

Sloth का उच्चारण आमतौर पर both के तुक पर होता है, cloth के तुक पर नहीं।

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General knowledge

India's sloth bear, found in forests of the subcontinent, is a bear and not a true sloth.

भारत के जंगलों में पाया जाने वाला sloth bear असल में भालू है, असली sloth नहीं।