Laziness
1Laziness — La zi*ness, n. The state or quality of being lazy. [1913 Webster] Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him. Franklin. [1913 Webster] …
2laziness — index inertia, laches, languor, laxity, sloth Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3laziness — (n.) 1570s, from LAZY (Cf. lazy) + NESS (Cf. ness) …
4laziness — [n] unwillingness to work, be active apathy, dilatoriness, do nothingness, dormancy, dreaminess, drowsiness, dullness, faineance, faineancy, heaviness, idleness, inactivity, indolence, inertia, inertness, lackadaisicalness, languidness,… …
5Laziness — For the computer science concept, see Lazy evaluation. Laziness (also called indolence) is a disinclination to activity or exertion despite having the ability to do so. It is often used as a pejorative; related terms for a person seen to be lazy… …
6laziness — tingis statusas T sritis švietimas apibrėžtis Mokymosi ar darbo vengimo būsena, atsirandanti dėl motyvacijos susilpnėjimo. Ją sukelia asmenybės vystymosi (mokymosi ar darbo) sunkumai, nesutarimai su mokytojais, tėvais, draugais. Tingio priežastys …
7laziness — lazy ► ADJECTIVE (lazier, laziest) 1) unwilling to work or use energy. 2) showing or characterized by a lack of effort or care. DERIVATIVES lazily adverb laziness noun. ORIGIN perhaps related to Low German lasich languid, idle …
8laziness — noun 1. apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) • Syn: ↑sloth, ↑acedia • Derivationally related forms: ↑lazy • Hypernyms: ↑mortal sin, ↑deadly sin …
9laziness — noun see lazy I …
10laziness — See lazily. * * * …
