indolence

[ in-dl-uhns ]

noun

1. the quality or state of being indolent.

Word History and Origins

Origin of indolence¹

1595–1605; < Latin indolentia freedom from pain; indolent, -ence

Example Sentences

Before you invoke images of a nation enjoying more indolence than industry, there is an uncomfortable statistic to digest.

From The Daily Beast

Our political indolence and preference for yelling across the room rather than engaging hurts us every day.

From The Daily Beast

And if you are confronted with overwhelming indolence in a book you have been assigned to review?

From The Daily Beast

So why do we hear so many professors describe their pupils as hostile to learning, with a leavening of indolence?

From The Daily Beast

Oppressive laws compel me to pay a portion of my hard earnings to support them in their pride and indolence.

From Project Gutenberg

Deeply touched, Peter Ilich resolved to conquer his indolence, and from that moment worked with untiring zeal and energy.

From Project Gutenberg

Neither misanthropy, indolence, nor weariness were his permanent moods.

From Project Gutenberg

The hours which he did not waste in listless indolence were divided between childish sports and childish devotions.

From Project Gutenberg

Iftikhar was in that mood of sleepy indolence to which men wonted to a life of restless action are often prone.

From Project Gutenberg