Laziness

La′zi-ness

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Noun.

The state or quality of being lazy.

Laziness

travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him.

Franklin.

Laziness

LA'ZINESS

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Noun.

[from lazy.]

1.

The state or quality of being lazy; indisposition to action or exertion; indolence; sluggishness; heaviness in motion; habitual sloth. Laziness differs from idleness; the latter being a mere defect or cessation of action, but laziness is sloth, with natural or habitual disinclination to action.

Laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him.

2.

Slowness; tardiness.

laziness

English

Noun

laziness ‎(countable and uncountable, plural lazinesses)

The quality of being lazy

Translations

quality of being lazy

Arabic: كَسَل m ‎(kasal)
Armenian: ծուլություն (hy) ‎(culutʿyun)
Aromanian: leani f
Bashkir: ялҡаулыҡ ‎(yalqawlïq)
Catalan: peresa (ca) f, mandra (ca) f, accídia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)}惰性 (zh) ‎(duòxìng)
Czech: lenost f
Danish: dovenskab (da) c
Dutch: luiheid (nl) f
Ewe: kuviawɔwɔ
Faroese: leti f
Finnish: laiskuus (fi)
French: paresse (fr) f
German: Faulheit (de) f, Trägheit (de) f
Hungarian: lustaság (hu)
Indonesian: kemalasan (id)

Italian: pigrizia (it) f
Japanese: 無精 ‎(ぶしょう, bushō)
Korean: 게으름 (ko) ‎(geeureum)
Mansi: сав ‎(sav)
Maori: māngeretanga
Navajo: iłhóyééʼ
Polish: lenistwo (pl) n, leń (pl) m
Portuguese: preguiça (pt) f
Romanian: lene (ro)
Russian: лень (ru) f ‎(lenʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: leisg f
Slovak: lenivosť f
Spanish: pereza (es) f, desidia (es) f
Swahili: uzembe (sw)
Swedish: lättja (sv) c, lathet (sv) c
Tagalog: katamaran, kamaymayan
Telugu: సోమరితనము (te) ‎(sōmaritanamu)
Umbundu: epepe

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Laziness

La′zi-ness

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Laziness

LA'ZINESS

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