Laziness - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈleɪzɪnəs|  American pronunciation of the word laziness
Brit.  |ˈleɪzɪnəs|  British pronunciation of the word laziness

noun

- inactivity resulting from a dislike of work (syn: indolence)
- relaxed and easy activity
the laziness of the day helped her to relax
- apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) (syn: sloth)

Extra examples

I should have done more work this weekend, but I was feeling lazy.

...a good afternoon to spend lazying on the back porch...

How can you tolerate such laziness?

Everyone needs time to play, but some let it degenerate into laziness.

The worker was dismissed for laziness.

He inclines to laziness.

His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system.

Laziness set in

His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system

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