laziness
US/ˈleɪ.zi.nəs/
laziness noun: the quality of being lazy.
Noun
laziness (countable and uncountable, plural lazinesses)
- The quality of being lazy
- “It is thine own laziness, thou false English blood, that doest nothing but drink and sleep,” retorted the page, “and leaves that lither lad to do the work, that he minds as little as thou.”1820, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and...
- Generalizing harshly and broadly but implying “you know which ones I mean” is an intellectual and rhetorical laziness that is not allowed to pass anywhere else in these communities.2016 March 11, Jennifer Coates, “I Am A Transwoman. I Am In The Closet. I Am Not Coming Out.”, in Medium
laziness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
laziness in Hindi
- laziness, sloth, lethargy
- आलस ālas, आलस्य ālasya
- laziness, sloth
- सुस्ती sustī
laziness in Tamil
- சோம்பல்
laziness in Marathi
- laziness, sloth
- आळस āḷas
- laziness
- आळशीपणा āḷśīpaṇā
laziness in Urdu
- laziness, sloth, lethargy
- آلس ālas
- laziness, sloth
- سستی sustī
More languagesFewer languages
- laziness in Bengali
- অকর্মণ্যতা ôkôrmônnôta
- laziness in Telugu
- సోమరితనము sōmaritanamu
- laziness in Malayalam
- മടി maṭi, അലസത alasata, അലസം alasaṁ, പ്രമീള pramīḷa
- laziness in Kannada
- ಸೋಮಾರಿತನ sōmāritana
- laziness in Punjabi
- ਆਲਸ ālas, ਸੁਸਤੀ sustī
- laziness in Gujarati
- આળસ āḷsa
- laziness in Assamese
- এলাহ elah
- laziness in Tagalog
- katamaran, kamaymayan
- laziness in Arabic
- كَسَل kasal
- laziness in Indonesian
- kemalasan
- laziness in Thai
- ความขี้เกียจ
- laziness in Vietnamese
- sự lười biếng
Examples of laziness in a sentence
- You're a fine one to talk about laziness.
- If you want to join the marines, there's no room for laziness. You really have to dig deep.
- Only partially, mind you, because the cause of these wrongthoughts is - ultimately - laziness.
Forms of laziness
| plural | lazinesses |
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Origin of laziness
From lazy + -ness.
Questions about laziness
- What does laziness mean?
- Laziness means the quality of being lazy.
- What is laziness in Hindi?
- Laziness in Hindi is आलस (ālas), आलस्य (ālasya), सुस्ती (sustī). See Laziness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is laziness?
- Laziness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce laziness?
- Laziness is pronounced /ˈleɪ.zi.nəs/ (US).
- What is the plural of laziness?
- The plural of laziness is lazinesses.
Words near laziness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: laziness (page history and authors); आलस (Hindi) (page history and authors); laziness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); आळशीपणा (Marathi) (page history and authors); آلس (Urdu) (page history and authors); অকর্মণ্যতা (Bengali) (page history and authors); അലസം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಸೋಮಾರಿತನ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਆਲਸ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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