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Meanings of indolence in English

Portuguese
inércia
Spanish
indolencia
Catalan
indolència
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Habitual laziness.

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inércia
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Examples for "laziness"
Examples for "laziness"
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Is laziness really behind the lack of work uptake in some industries?
Radio NZ
2
Here's an idea: I think we should call it a laziness tax.
The Guardian
3
Another was brutally cruel to animals; another was the impersonation of laziness.
The Sable Cloud: A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861)
4
Infectious diseases may have an unexpected weakness: their own propensity for laziness.
Wired
5
Beards are either a sign of laziness or a statement of vanity.
The Guardian
Usage of indolence in English
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The poison of indolence is in our blood-thetendency to centralized tyranny.
The Victim: A Romance of the Real Jefferson Davis
2
Manufacturing claims of youthful indolence is merely another day at the office.
The Guardian
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The former found a motive in their pride to justify their indolence.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
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The natural day is very calm, and will hardly reprove his indolence.
Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
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He was lounging in an easy chair, looking the picture of indolence.
A Peep Behind the Scenes
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There was no indolence or lack of animation in her manner now.
The Indiscretion of the Duchess / Being a Story Concerning Two L...
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He felt the instant infection of happy indolence, the call to luxury.
Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
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That she stayed with me was just another sign of her indolence.
Knockemstiff
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He found the islands during his periods of inaction conducive to indolence.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
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The rare publication of his writings was supposed to arise from indolence.
Sketches from Concord and Appledore / Concord thirty years ago; ...
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Thus stretched in unmanly indolence on their cushions, they feast on delicacies.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor P...
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In weak minds, it is a chronic distemper, followed by incurable indolence.
Tales and Novels — Volume 08
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You children won't get away with indolence as you did in Alexandria.
Lily of the Nile
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To please me, I think, she had resolutely overcome her natural indolence.
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel
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Thus indolence and vanity form of themselves strong recommendations of these principles.
The Critique of Pure Reason
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There seems to be a definite connection between good writing and indolence.
The Art of Letters
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