indolence
IPA: ˈɪndʌɫʌns
noun
- Habitual laziness or sloth.
- (pathology) Lack of pain in a tumour.
- (obsolete) A state in which one feels no pain or is indifferent to it; a lack of any feeling.
- (obsolete) A state of repose in which neither pain nor pleasure is experienced.
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Examples of "indolence" in Sentences
- He is distracted between indolence and shame.
- Monks were accused of indolence and high living.
- The theme stresses the perils of indolence to a nation of people.
- The citizens blamed the indolence of earlier governments for the crisis.
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