laziness
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Laziness is more than the absence or avoidance of work; it’s also the enjoyment of lazing in the sun, or in another’s arms.
From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2022
I thought I had destroyed The Laziness by analyzing, writing and talking to Das about it.
From Scientific American • Aug. 5, 2018
Stephen Pimpare: Laziness isn’t why people are poor.
From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2017
Laziness, because thinking about the paradox gives the feeling that you’re perpetually on the verge of solving it without ever doing so—the same feeling that Achilles would have about catching the tortoise.
From Slate • Mar. 5, 2014
Laziness wasn’t as reliable as greed, but it still made a fine lever.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
Vocabulary lists containing laziness
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ness
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