laziness
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Teachers don’t enter the field of education to slide by with an easy job or to underperform out of laziness or ill will.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The answer is more sinister and complex than simple laziness or burnout.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
As a researcher in developmental psychology, focusing on social development and psychological well-being, I argue that news fatigue is not laziness, weakness or a generational decline in civic interest.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 16, 2026
I’ll admit: much of it is due to poor planning and, frankly, laziness.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
Finn Taylor has retreated from most of the world; his size comes from negligence and laziness, a carelessness that would be pathological if it had any meticulousness to it.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
Vocabulary lists containing laziness
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ness
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