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One who procrastinates or is lazy. / A person lacking a sense of direction in life; an underachiever. / A member of a certain 1990s subculture associated with Generation X.

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slacker

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈslækɚ/

Noun

US dated rare slang

One who procrastinates or is lazy. / A person lacking a sense of direction in life; an underachiever. / A member of a certain 1990s subculture associated with Generation X.

Japanese Meaning

怠け者（先延ばしにする人、無気力で方向性のない人） / 先延ばしする人（後回しにする性格の人） / 目的意識や情熱の欠如した人（生きる方向性を失っている人） / 1990年代のジェネレーションXに関連するサブカルチャーの一員

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Don't be a slacker when your teammates are counting on you.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

チームメイトが頼りにしているときに先延ばしする人にならないでください。

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One who procrastinates or is lazy.

Sense（2）

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

“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.”

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Sense（3）

A 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.

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