Laziness

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being lazy countable, uncountable

    "“It is thine own laziness, thou false English blood, that doest nothing but drink and sleep,” retorted the page, “and leaves that lither lad to do the work, that he minds as little as thou.”"

  2. 2
    apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) wordnet
  3. 3
    relaxed and easy activity wordnet
  4. 4
    inactivity resulting from a dislike of work wordnet

Synonyms

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indolenceslothabandonacediacareless abandoncarelessness

Example

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"Industrious people look down on laziness."

Etymology

From lazy + -ness.

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