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Meanings of
laziness
in English
Russian
лень
Portuguese
inércia
Spanish
haraganería
Catalan
mandra
Back to the meaning
Disinclination to activity or exertion.
indolence
sloth
acedia
industriousness
Related terms
vice
Russian
лень
Usage of
laziness
in English
1
Is
laziness
really behind the lack of work uptake in some industries?
2
Here's an idea: I think we should call it a
laziness
tax.
3
Another was brutally cruel to animals; another was the impersonation of
laziness
.
4
Infectious diseases may have an unexpected weakness: their own propensity for
laziness
.
5
Beards are either a sign of
laziness
or a statement of vanity.
6
Now she was grateful that
laziness
had led her in this direction.
7
His names for such forces in human activity were
laziness
and inertia.
8
I particularly warmed to the artist Mladen Stilinovic, whose art champions
laziness
.
9
There was a languor and sweetness to the air that instigated
laziness
.
10
Hence the national theatres have become true hospitals for languor and
laziness
.
11
What you took to be
laziness
is the restfulness of divine power.
12
And today she had noticed, also, that his
laziness
was almost natural.
13
The light labour entrusted to him became irksome owing to his
laziness
.
14
Rather a soft voice with a thread of
laziness
running through it.
15
Rice ended his grievances by accusing the company's marketing department of
laziness
.
16
A life of leisure and a life of
laziness
,
are two things.
Other examples for "laziness"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
laziness
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
sheer laziness
own laziness
mere laziness
accuse of laziness
call laziness
More collocations
Translations for
laziness
Russian
лень
Portuguese
inércia
preguiça
Spanish
haraganería
flojera
holgazaneria
gandulería
pereza
haraganeria
holgazanería
ganduleria
Catalan
mandra
peresa
indolència
Laziness
through the time
Laziness
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common