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
Slackers aren’t a monolith, these films suggest, and their creed is more than just a hipster variant of laziness.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
Track the effort paradox in your own results, practice strategic laziness by focusing only on what matters, choose clarity over activity, recognize exhaustion as your enemy not your edge, and protect restoration time as innovation fuel.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
In Annabelle’s defense, her laziness is in line with the rest of the film franchise, which almost always involves demons using preexisting hauntings to torment families.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
The results not only call into question a potential laziness developing as a result of an overreliance on AI, but also the changing relationship between medical practitioners and a longstanding tradition of analog training.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Slides, hoodie w/ headphones just signals laziness.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
The daters Julie Nguyen works with are more likely to be floored by the laziness, spelling errors, and sheer audacity of the people on the other end.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 11 Aug. 2025
Unmemorized lyrics are the height of laziness, in my father’s eyes.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
But this laziness is her small act of rebellion.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
Track the effort paradox in your own results, practice strategic laziness by focusing only on what matters, choose clarity over activity, recognize exhaustion as your enemy not your edge, and protect restoration time as innovation fuel.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
In Annabelle’s defense, her laziness is in line with the rest of the film franchise, which almost always involves demons using preexisting hauntings to torment families.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
The results not only call into question a potential laziness developing as a result of an overreliance on AI, but also the changing relationship between medical practitioners and a longstanding tradition of analog training.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Slides, hoodie w/ headphones just signals laziness.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
The daters Julie Nguyen works with are more likely to be floored by the laziness, spelling errors, and sheer audacity of the people on the other end.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 11 Aug. 2025
Unmemorized lyrics are the height of laziness, in my father’s eyes.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
But this laziness is her small act of rebellion.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laziness
inertia
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And by the inertia of ownership.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Character animations are slick, but reliable in their control and inertia — rarely leading to flubs caused by anything other than player error.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Laziness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laziness. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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