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
What started as the follow-up to D’Angelo’s 1995 platinum debut, Brown Sugar (written and recorded entirely by D’Angelo in his mother’s house in Richmond, Virginia), became five years of study at Soul University, complete with classes, pranks, gossip and equal amounts of discipline and laziness.
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Touré, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
To Gregg, taking extra bathroom trips or using the far printer aren’t simply a matter of laziness.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
Also true, however, is that a certain laziness now attends DiCaprio’s work onscreen.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
Slackers aren’t a monolith, these films suggest, and their creed is more than just a hipster variant of laziness.
—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
Touré, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
To Gregg, taking extra bathroom trips or using the far printer aren’t simply a matter of laziness.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
Also true, however, is that a certain laziness now attends DiCaprio’s work onscreen.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
Slackers aren’t a monolith, these films suggest, and their creed is more than just a hipster variant of laziness.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laziness
inertia
Noun
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More modern power resources, like wind, solar, and batteries, don't involve inertia, because they are digitally controlled.—
Julia Simon,
NPR,
8 Oct. 2025
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The inertia continues despite economic and regulatory headwinds across the world that threaten to impact sales and product strategies.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Laziness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laziness. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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