as in inertia
an inclination not to do work or engage in activities
with the start of the warm weather, combating the students' shiftlessness was a constant ordeal
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Noun
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Any longer than that, the robot may not be able to make the necessary avoidance adjustments due to inertia.—
Lee-Lean Shu,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026 -
Not through sabotage, but through inertia.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Impatience is a form of laziness, and the cure for impatience is to slow way down.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Defaulting To Generic Strategies And Predictable Patterns My complaint is about context decay and structural laziness.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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“Shiftlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shiftlessness. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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