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Definition of slothful:

Addicted to sloth; inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle.

Synonyms:

purposeless, work-shy, futile, inert, indolent, unoccupied, action, superfluous, sluggard, unavailing, faineant, pointless, vacant, senseless, inactive, bone lazy, wasted, industrious, shiftless, idle, do-nothing, trifling, lazy, ineffectual, unemployed, otiose.

lethargic (part of speech: adjective)
- lackadaisical,
- lumpish,
- lethargic,
- languorous,
- apathetic,
- lifeless,
- leaden,
- languid,
- dull,
- drugged,
- tired,
- slow,
- listless,
- unhurried,
- dopey,
- indolent,
- lazy,
- insensible,
- phlegmatic,
- torpid,
- sluggish,
- drooping,
- benumbed,
- leisurely

Usage examples:

The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way, and I shall be devoured in the streets.

- "The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. V. (of 12)", Edmund Burke.
Be this, above all things, thy care, Thy children still to rear, As those who court not Fortune's smiles, Nor playthings are of idle hope, or fear: And so the future age will call them blessed; For, in this slothful and deceitful world, The living virtue ever we despise, The dead we load with eulogies.

- "The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi", Giacomo Leopardi.
The strong and the willing saw that they were yoked to those who were weak and slothful; there was no chance for natural abilities to assert themselves, no reward for individual excellence.

- "Stories of the Badger State", Reuben Gold Thwaites.