laziness
pronunciation
How to pronounce laziness in British English:
UK ['leɪzɪnəs]
How to pronounce laziness in American English:
US [ ˈlezɪnɪs]
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- Noun:
- inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
- apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Word Origin
- laziness (n.)
- 1570s, from lazy + -ness.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Failures caused by sloppiness or laziness are bad .
- 2. It was beyond laziness now , I confess .
- 3. The internet , despite it 's advantages , promotes intellectual laziness .
- 4. This is often a mixture of laziness and turf protection : if the president 's cousin owns the country 's main bank , he may not rush to let cheap mobile-money systems into his country .
- 5. I said I had beed angry about your laziness since we got married .