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supineness
noun as in languidness
Weak matches
- apathy
- coma
- disinterest
- disregard
- drowsiness
- dullness
- hebetude
- heedlessness
- idleness
- impassivity
- inaction
- inactivity
- inanition
- indifference
- indolence
- inertia
- inertness
- insouciance
- languor
- lassitude
- leadenness
- listlessness
- passiveness
- phlegm
- sleep
- sleepiness
- sloth
- slowness
- sluggishness
- slumber
- stupor
- torpidity
- torpidness
- torpor
- unconcern
- unmindfulness
noun as in laziness
Strong matches
noun as in leadenness
Weak matches
- apathy
- coma
- disinterest
- disregard
- drowsiness
- dullness
- hebetude
- heedlessness
- idleness
- impassivity
- inaction
- inactivity
- inanition
- indifference
- indolence
- inertia
- inertness
- insouciance
- languidness
- languor
- lassitude
- listlessness
- passiveness
- phlegm
- sleep
- sleepiness
- sloth
- slowness
- sluggishness
- slumber
- stupor
- torpidity
- torpidness
- torpor
- unconcern
- unmindfulness
noun as in lethargy
Strongest matches
noun as in shiftlessness
Strong matches
noun as in sloth
noun as in slothfulness
Strong matches
noun as in sluggardness
Weak matches
- apathy
- dilatoriness
- do-nothingness
- dormancy
- dreaminess
- drowsiness
- dullness
- faineance
- faineancy
- heaviness
- idleness
- inactivity
- indolence
- inertia
- inertness
- lackadaisicalness
- languidness
- languorousness
- laxness
- leadenness
- leisureliness
- lethargy
- listlessness
- neglectfulness
- negligence
- otioseness
- otiosity
- passivity
- remissness
- shiftlessness
- slackness
- sleepiness
- sloth
- slothfulness
- slowness
- sluggishness
- stolidity
- tardiness
- torpescence
- torpidness
- weariness
noun as in torpidity
Strong matches
Weak matches
Example Sentences
“But the Trump people shouldn’t kid themselves that any selection as deputy would erase the deep concerns about Tillerson of those of us who believe we can’t afford to continue Obama’s policy of supineness to Putin.”
Of one of the partners at least, it could not be said that there was supineness, neglect, or bungling practices to account for the long-continued and increasing depression that all the employees were feeling so severely.
In the first Hegel showed how the supineness of the committee of estates in W�rttemberg had favoured the usurpations of the superior officials in whom the court had found compliant servants.
On the part of the senate itself there must be no apathy, no supineness, no dilettanteism, but a stern, vigorous determination stringently and impartially to enforce prompt obedience to its edicts.
It sharply reproved both inquisitors and episcopal ordinaries for the supineness which alone could explain the threatening spread of heresy.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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