as in inertia
an inclination not to do work or engage in activities
although she often talks about ambitious household projects, nothing even gets started because of her chronic laziness
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Recent Examples of laziness
Friends and family suspect drugs, laziness or bad moral character.
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Kat McGowan, NPR, 31 Dec. 2025
Here are some tips to fight back against the flawed belief that rest is just laziness in disguise, during the holidays and beyond.
—Stacy Shaw, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2025
The six-year gap wasn’t laziness or pickiness.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 Dec. 2025
Here are some tips to fight back against the flawed belief that rest is just laziness in disguise, during the holidays and beyond.
—Stacy Shaw, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
Stillness is sloth and sloth is laziness and laziness is losing the herd.
—Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
The government could also entice households to save less and spend more by building out a more comprehensive social safety net, but Xi has expressed fear that extensive welfare programs promote laziness.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2025
Fraud is a symptom of bubbles, but so is laziness.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2025
In the end, though, Black Phone 2’s relationship to Nightmare on Elm Street feels less like plagiarism than narrative laziness — but if the Grabber returns in a few years to fight Jason Voorhees, Freddy might want to consult a lawyer.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
Kat McGowan, NPR, 31 Dec. 2025
Here are some tips to fight back against the flawed belief that rest is just laziness in disguise, during the holidays and beyond.
—Stacy Shaw, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2025
The six-year gap wasn’t laziness or pickiness.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 Dec. 2025
Here are some tips to fight back against the flawed belief that rest is just laziness in disguise, during the holidays and beyond.
—Stacy Shaw, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
Stillness is sloth and sloth is laziness and laziness is losing the herd.
—Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
The government could also entice households to save less and spend more by building out a more comprehensive social safety net, but Xi has expressed fear that extensive welfare programs promote laziness.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2025
Fraud is a symptom of bubbles, but so is laziness.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2025
In the end, though, Black Phone 2’s relationship to Nightmare on Elm Street feels less like plagiarism than narrative laziness — but if the Grabber returns in a few years to fight Jason Voorhees, Freddy might want to consult a lawyer.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laziness
inertia
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Japan’s old, stodgy government is initially too caught up in bureaucratic red tape and inertia to mount a response.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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Her confinement was not the result of any criminal conduct, but of bureaucratic error compounded by institutional inertia.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Laziness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laziness. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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