laziness

[ley-zee-nis]

noun

1. having or showing an unwillingness to work.

   Many people start the course with a bang, but trail off after a while because of laziness, insufficient curiosity, or lack of motivation.

2. the fact or quality of encouraging idleness.

   We relaxed in the laziness of the warm afternoon, watching as the sun began to set.

3. the fact or quality of being slow-moving or sluggish.

   It was only three miles downstream, but the laziness of the river stretched the raft ride to two hours.

Word History and Origins

Origin of laziness¹

lazy ( def. ) + -ness ( def. )

Example Sentences

“I think I’m going back to the one-at-a-time thing, more out of laziness than anything else. I can only handle one at a time.”

From Los Angeles Times

She always thought her conditions were born out of laziness, but then an interview with BBC Radio Tees changed her life.

From BBC

Now, she says, she doesn't view tapping into AI as laziness anymore.

From BBC

Leak Investigation 1 appears to have stemmed from mistake, inadvertency and laziness.

From Salon

But now, with three parallel decades of Allen’s increased creative laziness and Burns’ own comfortable mediocrity, the label fits more snugly.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• apathy 
• inertia 
• lethargy 
• negligence 
• sloth 
• weariness