as in inertia
an inclination not to do work or engage in activities
a general feeling of indolence usually overtakes them during summer vacation
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Recent Examples of indolence
The rapid growth of AI data centers is simply forcing us to reckon with many years of indolence.
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Big Think,
22 Apr. 2026
Some part of Baudelaire’s lifelong free-spending and indolence seems to be a direct rebellion against the man, if not outright Freudian jealousy—Charles was an unabashed mama’s boy.
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Literary Hub,
22 Dec. 2025
The Johnson Administration said the AFDC rewarded indolence, and condoned non-marital child bearing.
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Stephanie Land,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
Sennott and her costars speak with an irritatingly fake affect, are shallower than a puddle in the desert and prize selfishness, indolence and artifice.
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Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for indolence
Big Think,
22 Apr. 2026
Some part of Baudelaire’s lifelong free-spending and indolence seems to be a direct rebellion against the man, if not outright Freudian jealousy—Charles was an unabashed mama’s boy.
—
Literary Hub,
22 Dec. 2025
The Johnson Administration said the AFDC rewarded indolence, and condoned non-marital child bearing.
—
Stephanie Land,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
Sennott and her costars speak with an irritatingly fake affect, are shallower than a puddle in the desert and prize selfishness, indolence and artifice.
—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for indolence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indolence
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Without this deliberate cultural shift, even the most elegant and expensive technical architecture will inevitably stall against the wall of organizational resistance and institutional inertia.
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Even at its peak, #MeToo felt seismic precisely because the movement was an aberration from the historical norm; nearly a decade later, that norm has reasserted itself with inertia on its side.
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However, this mentality of laziness is rapidly fading.
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Impatience is a form of laziness, and the cure for impatience is to slow way down.
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“Indolence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indolence. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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