supineness

noun

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as in lethargy

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  1. lethargy
  2. apathy
  3. inertia
  4. languor
  5. indolence
  6. lassitude
  7. sluggishness
  8. laziness
Noun
  • Contact your veterinarian even if your pet appears healthy, and seek emergency care for symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy or appetite loss.
    — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 27 July 2026
  • Symptoms include coughing, rapid breathing, lethargy, and reluctance to exercise; open-mouth breathing in cats is an emergency.
    — Jen Reeder, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of lethargy
Noun
  • But if Cal wants to survive the next realignment tidal wave, that apathy has to end today.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • For so long, the Sixers have drawn something close to apathy.
    — Tony Jones, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of apathy
Noun
  • At the extreme, such acceleration in imaging can only become entangled with inertia.
    — Jan Tumlir, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Winners who keep winning are willing to take a critical look at their current inertia, admit to its weaknesses and then begin enacting a plan to change direction.
    — David Henkin, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of inertia
Noun
  • Your morning of chores or physical activity has imbued you with a sense of achievement and a faint, pleasurable languor.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Liu’s Dominique sometimes loses patience and cuts through the languor with some common sense.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
Definition of languor
Noun
  • Although a genius at depicting indolence, Hockney himself worked with a rigorous commitment.
    — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
  • The rapid growth of AI data centers is simply forcing us to reckon with many years of indolence.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
Definition of indolence
Noun
  • Stranger by the Lake is a bookend of sorts to La Piscine, as both films seem to condemn their characters, and by extension, the counterculture surrounding them, to a lassitude incapable of any moral authority.
    — Erik Morse, Vogue, 26 June 2025
  • The result of this lassitude is that cars still rule the streets.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 Apr. 2025
Definition of lassitude
Noun
  • The sluggishness in payroll growth is not translating into higher unemployment.
    — Harry Holzer, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • China’s economy has been under pressure from sluggishness in domestic spending and investment, as a yearslong weakness in its massive property sector hits consumer confidence.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Definition of sluggishness
Noun
  • And his laziness has long outstripped his loyalty to the queen.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
  • From the outside, and often from the inside too, this looks like laziness — proof that the person just isn’t trying.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of laziness
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“Supineness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supineness. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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