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laziness

[ley-zee-nis] / ˈleɪ zi nɪs /


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Rangers stumbled on Sunday on the back of laziness in critical times against a smooth and sophisticated Motherwell.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

The bot boom in academia writ large puts on display the insecurity of students just as much as it does their laziness.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

But Guardiola doesn’t want this mistaken for laziness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Fearfulness and intellectual laziness are kryptonite to the imagination.

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2025

It was more as if she had brought them up— perhaps through indifference or through laziness or even through some kind of possessive cruelty—with an imperfect sense of right and wrong.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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