Explore Laziness through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like indolence or acedia. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Laziness in a sentence
Laziness meaning
The quality of being lazy
Synonyms of Laziness
Using Laziness
- The main meaning on this page is: The quality of being lazy
- Useful related words include: indolence, mortal sin, acedia, sloth.
- In the example corpus, laziness often appears in combinations such as: laziness and, and laziness, of laziness.
Context around Laziness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Laziness
- In this selection, "laziness" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, physical, old, spiritual, uncle, typically and wrought stand out and add context to how "laziness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and physical laziness and arrogance and laziness typically generation. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "laziness" sits close to words such as abnormally, acrobatic and airframe, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with laziness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
My laziness pays off once again! (6 words)
In other words, mental and physical laziness. (7 words)
Plain old laziness is often a factor. (7 words)
It’s not a disavowal of the fact that bad films have always existed but a startling awareness that the way that bad films exist these days are less predicted on a swing and a miss and merely on the laziness wrought from being risk averse. (46 words)
You’re transported into this world, which is a bit of a shock in the first place… When you see the general laziness in the industry, there’s a ‘chalta hai’ that happens, and you can see it in so many movies. (42 words)
Executive Lamont G. McClure said the issue appeared to have stemmed from “laziness” by coders and programmers with the county’s machine provider and errors in testing by county workers. (30 words)
Are you are aware that Trump hates lazy people and all those who encourage laziness like the program of tantameni? (20 words)
My laziness pays off once again! (6 words)
Example sentences (20)
Although they could get annoyed at him for his laziness, Uncle did help to keep the mood up around camp with his upbeat demeanor and comedic personality.
Executive Lamont G. McClure said the issue appeared to have stemmed from “laziness” by coders and programmers with the county’s machine provider and errors in testing by county workers.
I attribute this to the staffing and resources available, not laziness or incompetence of the staff that are there.
I called them out on their laziness, their bullying and (for the boys) their misogynistic treatment of any new female staff member.
In other words, mental and physical laziness.
Manchester united manager Erik ten Hag says Marcus Rashford must guard against “laziness” if he is to remain one of Europe’s most potent forwards.
Many accuse Mayes of arrogance and laziness — typically Generation Z. For some, “Bare Minimum Monday” is just another joke on social media, said to be a trend.
Not society, not the government, not the bosses, or his friends, but his own tendency to self-pity and laziness.
Plain old laziness is often a factor.
Problems may increase due to laziness in financial matters.
The source attributed the sale to laziness on the part of the Benalla Auto Club.
To require individuals to finance the “laziness” of their peers through taxation is to take that freedom away by making them accountable for the well-being of others.
We fall into something called acedia, or spiritual laziness.
You’re transported into this world, which is a bit of a shock in the first place… When you see the general laziness in the industry, there’s a ‘chalta hai’ that happens, and you can see it in so many movies.
Are you are aware that Trump hates lazy people and all those who encourage laziness like the program of tantameni?
He advised workers to avoid lateness, absenteeism, pilfering and laziness, and said such acts affected productivity and the country’s development.
It’s not a disavowal of the fact that bad films have always existed but a startling awareness that the way that bad films exist these days are less predicted on a swing and a miss and merely on the laziness wrought from being risk averse.
Louisiana stole the second spot with high scores in anger, jealousy, and laziness.
My laziness pays off once again!
Taking a no-nonsense approach, rapper Cardi B laid out her strategy for shedding what she termed "dead weight," encompassing mentality, procrastination, laziness, and certain individuals.
Common combinations with laziness
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- laziness and 19×
- and laziness 13×
- of laziness 10×
- laziness or 6×
- the laziness 5×
- laziness of 5×
- my laziness 5×
- to laziness 4×
- laziness in 4×
- his laziness 3×