Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The quality of being lazy

    Faulheit, Trägheit, Müßiggang

    леньlenʹ

    лінощіlinošči, ліньlinʹ

More definitions
  • relaxed and easy activity
  • apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)
  • inactivity resulting from a dislike of work

Examples

57 sentences
  1. Success does not come from laziness.

    deAus Faulheit erwächst kein Erfolg.

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  2. I'm fed up with her laziness.

    ruЯ сыт по горло её ленью.

    deIch habe ihre Faulheit satt.

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  3. I am ashamed of my son's laziness.

    deIch schäme mich für die Faulheit meines Sohns.

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  4. The primary cause of his failure is laziness.

    Основна причина його невдачі - лінощі.

    ruГлавная причина его неудачи — лень.

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  5. I'm fed up with Tom's laziness.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Forms

plural: lazinesses
Singularlaziness
Plurallazinesses

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins):slothacedia
  • inactivity resulting from a dislike of work:indolence

Word family

1 related words
Relatedlazy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
laziness — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto