Meaning of LAZINESS
| Pronunciation: | | l'eyzeenus
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- [n] apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- [n] inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
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| | Synonyms: | | acedia, indolence, sloth |
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| | See Also: | | deadly sin, faineance, idleness, inactiveness, inactivity, inertia, mortal sin, shiftlessness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \La"zi*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being lazy.
Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes
him. --Franklin.
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| | Definition: | | lazy evaluation |
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| | Related Terms: | | abandon, careless abandon, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, circumspection, creeping, cursoriness, deliberateness, deliberation, dilatoriness, disregardfulness, do-nothingness, drawl, easiness, ergophobia, faineancy, faineantise, foot-dragging, forgetfulness, hastiness, heedlessness, hoboism, idleness, inconsiderateness, inconsideration, indifference, indolence, inertia, inertness, inexertion, insouciance, lack of foresight, laggardness, languor, laze, leisureliness, lentitude, lentor, lotus-eating, oblivion, offhandedness, perfunctoriness, pokiness, recklessness, regardlessness, reluctance, remissness, shiftlessness, slackness, sloth, slothfulness, slouch, slowness, sluggardy, sluggishness, sprezzatura, spring fever, tactlessness, tentativeness, thoughtlessness, unheedfulness, unmindfulness, unpreparedness, unreadiness, unsolicitousness, unsolicitude, unthinkingness, vagrancy |
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