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How to use slacker in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun

Slacker means one who procrastinates or is lazy; one who does not do their fair share or pull their own weight. Example: “No, it can't be Bill who gets assigned to this task. That dude is the slacker in chief around here.”

Examples of slacker by meaning

nounOne who procrastinates or is lazy; one who does not do their fair share or pull their own weight.

  • Some evil fellows said behind his back that Beowulf was white-livered and a slacker.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 39

nounA person lacking a sense of direction in life; an underachiever.

  • You're a slacker, McFly.1985, Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, Back to the Future, spoken by Mr. Strickland
  • “I don’t think this is a generation of slackers,” said Carl Van Horn, a labor economist at Rutgers.2011 May 28, Catherine Rampell, quoting Carl Van Horn, “A Generation of Slackers? Not So Much”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

nounA member of a certain 1990s subculture associated with Generation X.

  • 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.2005 December 18, Craig Modderno, “Slacker Dot-Com”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  • 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.2010, Clay Shirky, Cognitive Surplus, page 121

nounA user of the Slackware Linux distribution.

  • I'm a slacker from way back btw1996 August 15, stephen benson, “Re: How broken is Infomagic's Redhat linux?”, in comp.os.linux.setup (Usenet)
  • Hope you become a happy slacker.2002 January 15, Josh, “Re: slackware installation issue”, in comp.os.linux (Usenet)
  • Any real Slacker would know better than to top-post, AND post a bunch of HTML-crap to boot.2007 May 16, Dan C, “Re: Distro Poll, what do you use?”, in alt.os.linux (Usenet)

More sentences with slacker

  • No, it can't be Bill who gets assigned to this task. That dude is the slacker in chief around here.From the entry in chief
  • I'm not a saint, I'm a slacker.2010, Ian McDonald, The Dervish House. From the entry skunkhead
  • Geographic — You could count continents (not ambitious enough, you slacker), sttates (OK, that's more like it), or countries (bravo, you sleaze bucket).2011, Phil Torcivia, Just a Nice Guy, page 222. From the entry sleaze bucket
  • To congregants who support the church Sunday after Sunday, Holly-Lily folks can be easily stereotyped as slackers who want a good church without the hassle of participation.2013 December 17, Rachel G. Hackenberg, “In Defense of the Holly-Lily Crowd”, in The Huffington Post, archived from the original on 20 Apr…. From the entry holly-lily
  • When footage of protesters picketing the clinic played on the evening news, there was usually some slacker off to the side, leaning on his sign and eating a long john.2001, Mary O’Connell, “Saint Dymphna”, in Living with Saints, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, →ISBN, page 4. From the entry long john

Meaning of slacker

  1. noun One who procrastinates or is lazy; one who does not do their fair share or pull their own weight.
  2. noun A person lacking a sense of direction in life; an underachiever.
  3. noun A member of a certain 1990s subculture associated with Generation X.

Full definition of slacker

Questions about slacker in a sentence

How do you use slacker in a sentence?
Slacker is used as a noun. For example: “No, it can't be Bill who gets assigned to this task. That dude is the slacker in chief around here.”
What is a short sentence with slacker?
“You're a slacker, McFly.”
What does slacker mean?
Slacker means one who procrastinates or is lazy; one who does not do their fair share or pull their own weight.

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