LAZINESS

sloth, laziness, acedia

(noun) apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)

laziness

(noun) relaxed and easy activity; “the laziness of the day helped her to relax”

indolence, laziness

(noun) inactivity resulting from a dislike of work

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

laziness (countable and uncountable, plural lazinesses)

The quality of being lazy

Source: Wiktionary


La"zi*ness, n.

Definition: The state or quality of being lazy. Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him. Franklin.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

7 January 2025

UNINFORMATIVELY

(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”


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