slacker
/ˈslækɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who procrastinates or is lazy; one who does not do their fair share or pull their own weight.
noun
A person lacking a sense of direction in life; an underachiever.
noun
A member of a certain 1990s subculture associated with Generation X.
adj
Comparative form of slack: more slack.
Example Sentences
- "Some evil fellows said behind his back that Beowulf was white-livered and a slacker."
- "You're a slacker, McFly. You've got aptitude, but you don't apply yourself. You remind me of your father: He was a slacker, too."
- "“I don’t think this is a generation of slackers,” said Carl Van Horn, a labor economist at Rutgers. “This image of the kid who goes off and skis in Colorado, I don’t think that’s the correct image. Today’s young people are very focused on trying to work hard and to get ahead.”"
- "Kevin Smith wrote and directed the slacker hits “Clerks,” “Dogma” and “Chasing Amy,” but lately it is his other life—maintaining six Web sites that he describes as “devoted to my fans and my films”—that seems to consume him."
- "Gen Xers were said to be lazy—“slackers” in the parlance of the time—who didn’t exhibit the straightforward work ethic of their predecessors."
- "[S]everal hundred prisoners captured in North Jersey slacker raids last week and sent to this camp are being Inducted into military service today[…]"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈslækɚ/