Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definitions: Laziness |
LazinessNoun1. Inactivity resulting from a dislike of work. 2. Apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "laziness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Satire | LAZINESS, n. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Computing | Laziness lazy evaluation. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: LazinessSynonyms: acedia (n), indolence (n), sloth (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Laziness |
| English words defined with "laziness": bottleneck ♦ cunctator ♦ Inexertion ♦ postponer, procrastinator. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "laziness": Alfl ♦ Fever-lurk, full laziness, fully lazy lambda lifting ♦ lambda lifting, lazy evaluation, let floating ♦ maximal free expression ♦ OBJ ♦ partial evaluation ♦ space leak. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | See what everyone chooses not to see out of fear, conformity or laziness. See the whole world anew each day! (Patch Adams; writing credit: Patch Adams; Maureen Mylander) Laziness is counter-revolutionary. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Clever | Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now. (references; author: unknown) Laziness is the only luxury that not even a millionaire can afford. (references; author: unknown) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Poster, composed of six different images, highlighting behavior that impedes perestroika: drunkenness, laziness, covetousness, bribery, speculation, embezzlement] / Kollektiv avtorov.Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Author Unknown | Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow -- that is patience. |
Benjamin Franklin | Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him. |
Miguel De Cervantes | Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | It has been objected that upon the abolition of private property all work will cease, and universal laziness will overtake us. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Teachers-and even parents-may have dismissed their scholastic difficulties as laziness. (references) | |
This will help them avoid the mistake of confusing the person's behavior with laziness, hostility, rejection, or lack of interest and motivation. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Laziness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Laziness" is used about 97 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 97 | 33,269 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "laziness": full laziness. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
laziness merit | 100 |
laziness | 57 |
myth of laziness | 7 |
laziness overcoming | 6 |
laziness quote | 4 |
cure laziness | 4 |
cause laziness | 3 |
laziness overcome | 3 |
depression laziness | 3 |
group in laziness | 2 |
fight laziness | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "laziness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | përtesë (indolence, sloth), përtaci (idle, idleness, idling, indolence, inoccupation, slack, sloth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كسل (drowse, idleness, inaction, inactivity, indolence, inertia, languor, lassitude, lethargy, sloth, slothful, sluggard, sluggishness), الكسل (listlessness, passiveness), الخمول. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | мързел (idleness, indolence, sloth), безделие (idleness, indolence, vacancy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | '惰 (IDLE, IDLENESS, lazy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | lenost (sloth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | libelleboblens træghed (hysteresis of the bubble, laziness of the bubble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | luiheid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | maldiligenteco. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | laiskuus (idleness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | paresse (languor), indolence (languor), fainéantise. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | faulheit (idleness, sloth, slothfulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φυγοπονία (truancy), τεμπελιά (indolence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | עצלתים (slowness), עצלות (indolence, sloth), עצל" (idleness, sloth), עצל ות (sloth, sluggishness), חבוק י"ים (idleness, indolence, sitting with folded arms), "תעצלות (idleness), בטל" (idleness, negligence, unemployment), רפות (indolence, sloth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lustaság (accidie, sloth, slothfulness, slowness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | leisce (reluctance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pigrizia (idleness, sloth, slothfulness), ozio (idleness, leisure, sloth), indolenza (idleness, indolence, painlessness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness), fiacca (exhaustion, indolence, tiredness, weariness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 惰 (idleness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たい (idleness), おうちゃく (cunning, dishonesty), きぶしょう (indolence), きゅうたい (globe, neglect, old state of affairs, orb, sphere), ぶしょう (commanding officer, indolence, military commander, sloth), ほねおしみ (sparing oneself), かいたい (absconding with money, becoming pregnant, conception, dismantling, negligence, pregnancy, regression), ものぐさ, 'たい (negligence), けたい (negligence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | yn shenn red, litcheraght lhome (extreme idleness), lhiastid (diffidence, idleness, inaction, inactivity, indisposition, indolence, languidness, languor, lassitude, reluctance, sloth, slowness, sluggishness), drollaneys (helplessness, indolence, shiftlessness), aacheoid Vanninagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | dovenskap (idleness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | flohera, flohedat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | azinesslay vadiar (dilly dally, drone, fiddle, loaf, maroon, Mike, roam, wander), preguiça (ai, heavy, idleness, lubberly, sloth), indolência (apathy, heaviness, Idler, idling, indolence, kaif, Kef, keif, kief, lazy, sloth), ócio (laze, leisure). (various references) lenevie (inaction, lounge), lene (dullness, idleness, inaction, languor, sloth), trândãvie (idleness, idling, lounge, sloth). (various references) лень (inactivity, inertia, sloth), леность (indolence). (various references) leug (a precious stone, jewel, precious stone), leisg (a. better : leasg, indolence, sloth, slothfulness), staoin (juniper, pewter, tin). (various references) lenjost (indolence, sloth, work-shy), tromost (heaviness, indolence, listlessness, sloth, sluggishness, torpor). (various references) pigricia, pereza (shiftlessness, sloth, slothfulness, sluggishness), dejadez (neglect, offhandedness, untidiness). (various references) uvivu. (various references) lättja (idleness, sloth). (various references) ความเกียจคร้าน (idleness). (various references) tembellik (dalliance, dilatoriness, idleness, inaction, inactivity, indolence, inertia, slackness, sloth, sluggishness, stagnancy, stagnation, vacancy), miskinlik (slackness, sloth, stagnancy). (various references) яaltalyk (idleness, stillness). (various references) ледарство (idleness). (various references) sự lười biếng (indolence, sloth, work-shy), sự biếng nhác (indolence). (various references) diogi (be lazy, idle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ignavia, pigritia, pigritiis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "laziness": lazinesses. (additional references) | |
| |
"Laziness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: azines, Laines, lazzies, lininess, Pazienza. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "laziness" (pronounced lā"zēnus) |
| 6 | -ā" z ē n u s | craziness. |
| 5 | -z ē n u s | clumsiness, coziness, dizziness, drowsiness, lousiness, nosiness, queasiness, uneasiness. |
| 4 | -ē n u s | airworthiness, arbitrariness, bagginess, cleanliness, cloudiness, cockiness, contrariness, creditworthiness, creepiness, deadliness, dreariness, edginess, emptiness, friendliness, frothiness, funniness, ghastliness, hairiness, happiness, holiness, liveliness, loneliness, nastiness, niggardliness, orderliness, pettiness, raciness, readiness, riskiness, roominess, rowdiness, scantiness, shakiness, silliness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, solitariness, steadiness, stinginess, sturdiness, tardiness, tastiness, timeliness, trustworthiness, ugliness, unhappiness, unwieldiness, wariness, weariness, wimpiness, worldliness, worthiness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, Conus, coolness, correctness, creativeness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, effectiveness, elusiveness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, fullness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, handedness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, quickness, quietness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, robustness, roughness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tartness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, truthfulness, unconsciousness, unfairness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-n-s-s-z" | |
-1 letter: salines, silanes. | |
-2 letters: aisles, aliens, alines, anises, assize, azines, elains, lassie, lazies, lianes, saline, sanies, sansei, silane, snails, zanies. | |
-3 letters: aisle, alien, aline, anile, anils, anise, azine, elain, elans, isles, lanes, lases, lazes, leans, lenis, liane, liens, lines, nails, nazis, sails, sains, sales, sanes, sasin, seals, sensa, sials, sines, sisal, sizes, slain, snail, zeals, zeins. | |
-4 letters: ails, ains, ales, anes, anil, anis, elan, ilea, isle, lain, lane, lase, lass, laze, lean, leas, leis, lens, less, lien, lies, line, lins, nail, nazi, ness, nils, sail, sain, sale, sals, sane, sans, seal, seas, seis, sels, sial, sine, sins, size, zeal, zein, zins. | |
-5 letters: ail, ain, ais, ale, als, ane, ani, ass, els, ens, ess, ins, las, lea, lei, lez, lie, lin, lis, nae, nil, sae, sal, sea, sei, sel, sen, sin, sis, zin. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-n-s-s-z" | |
+1 letter: nasalizes, salinizes. | |
+2 letters: lazinesses, sensualize, signalizes, sleaziness, sloganizes. | |
+3 letters: desalinizes, scandalizes, sensualized, sensualizes, sizableness. | |
+4 letters: essentialize, masculinizes, personalizes, sensualizing, singularizes, sleazinesses. | |
+5 letters: essentialized, essentializes, sizablenesses, sulfadiazines, universalizes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 61 7A 69 6E 65 73 73 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
|
| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
|
| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
|
| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
|
Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- --.. .. -. . ... ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
|
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100001 01111010 01101001 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L a z i n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0061 007A 0069 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
|
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4667927580718585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Orthography 20. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
