supineness

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After years of supineness, therefore, the American Government will now have to spring into sudden, vigorous, often risky action .

From Time Magazine Archive

But Espivent relied upon the sailors of La Couronne, the National Guards of order, in continual relations with him, and above all, on the well-known supineness of the Commission.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.

The Buccaneers, with the carelessness natural to men in their loose condition of life, under neither command nor guidance, continued to trust to the supineness of the enemy for their safety, and neglected all precaution.

From History of the Buccaneers of America by Burney, James

It sharply reproved both inquisitors and episcopal ordinaries for the supineness which alone could explain the threatening spread of heresy.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles

These beings, however, were indebted to various aids for their long and too successful career; yet their principal dependance rested on the supineness of the people.

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne