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Meaning of laziness | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. Laziness, idleness.
  2. The quality of being lazy
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الكسل بطء حبور كسل
Български мързел
Bosanski besposlica futur lene lenost leti lijenost беспослица леност лијеност
Català accídia mandra peresa
Čeština lenost
Cymraeg diogi
Dansk dovenskab
Deutsch Faulheit Trägheit
Ελληνικά οκνηρία τεμπελιά
Español acidia boludencia desgana desidia fiaca fiacón flojera flojeritis galbana haraganería holgazanería indolencia pereza pigricia vagancia vaguería
Eesti laiskus
Suomi laiskuus
Français flemme paresse
Gaeilge drogall
Gàidhlig leisg
Galego brouca galbana galloufa larcha nugalla preguiza taíña vagancia
ગુજરાતી આળસ
हिन्दी आलस आलस्य सुस्ती
Hrvatski besposlica futur lene lenost leti lijenost беспослица леност лијеност
Magyar lustaság
Հայերեն ծուլություն
Bahasa Indonesia kemalasan
Igbo mba
Íslenska leti
Italiano pigrizia
日本語 けだい のらくら 休怠 怠 懈 懈怠 懶惰 無精 遊惰
ქართული სიზარმაცე
한국어 게으름 귀차니즘
Latina pigritia sopor
Latviešu slinkums
Македонски мрза
Nederlands luiheid
Polski bumelanctwo lenistwo nieróbstwo
Português preguiça
Română lene
Русский лень
Српски besposlica futur lene lenost leti lijenost беспослица леност лијеност
Svenska lathet lättja lättjefullhet
Kiswahili uzembe
తెలుగు సోమరితనము
ไทย ความขี้เกียจ ความเกียจคร้าน
Tagalog kamaymayan katamaran
Türkçe aylaklık fütur miskinlik tembellik
Українська лінощі лінь

Examples

““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.””
“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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

Lazing Lazio Lazistan Lazlo Lazlow lazo

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