laziness

  • 81lazy — [[t]le͟ɪzi[/t]] lazier, laziest 1) ADJ GRADED If someone is lazy, they do not want to work or make any effort to do anything. Lazy and incompetent police officers are letting the public down... I was too lazy to learn how to read music. Ant:… …

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  • 82careless — adj Careless, heedless, thoughtless, inadvertent mean showing lack of concern or attention. Careless often implies the absence of such cares as responsibilities or worries; it then usually connotes casualness, spontaneity, and lightheartedness… …

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  • 83νωχελία — νωχελίᾱ , νωχελία laziness fem nom/voc/acc dual νωχελίᾱ , νωχελία laziness fem nom/voc sg (attic doric ionic aeolic) …

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  • 84νωχελίας — νωχελίᾱς , νωχελία laziness fem acc pl νωχελίᾱς , νωχελία laziness fem gen sg (attic doric ionic aeolic) …

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  • 85lazy — [lā′zē] adj. lazier, laziest [Early ModE, prob. < MLowG or MDu, as in MLowG lasich, slack, loose < IE les , slack, tired, akin to base * lēi : see LATE] 1. not eager or willing to work or exert oneself; indolent; slothful 2. slow and heavy; …

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  • 86indolence — noun inactivity resulting from a dislike of work (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑laziness • Derivationally related forms: ↑lazy (for: ↑laziness), ↑indolent • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 87litherness — noun ( es) Etymology: Middle English lithernesse wickedness, laziness, from lither + nesse ness now dialect England : the quality or state of being lither : laziness …

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  • 88burn up — {v.} 1. To burn completely; destroy or be destroyed by fire. * /Mr. Scott was burning up old letters./ * /The house burned up before the firemen got there./ 2. {informal} To irritate, anger, annoy. * /The boy s laziness and rudeness burned up his …

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  • 89get one's goat — {v. phr.}, {informal} To make a person disgusted or angry. * /The boy s laziness all summer got his father s goat./ * /The slow service at the cafe got Mr. Robinson s goat./ …

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  • 90give a pain — {v. phr.}, {slang} To make (you) disgusted; annoy. * /Ann s laziness gives her mother a pain./ * /John s bad manners give his teacher a pain./ Compare: PAIN IN THE NECK …

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