laziness
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Rob Carter had an answer, and it was simple: Laziness leads to shameful and embarrassing results; hard work leads to success and satisfaction.
From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2020
I thought I had destroyed The Laziness by analyzing, writing and talking to Das about it.
From Scientific American • Aug. 5, 2018
Laziness and fear lead us to acquiesce: it’s much easier to let others think for us.
From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2014
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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The Suffix -ness, Part 2
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