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

I’ve spent the last 40-odd years trying to fight the good fight against the forces of indolence and greed to do the best with our stuff that you can do.

From Los Angeles Times

Nobody would’ve called it back when frontman Billie Joe Armstrong was singing about the extremes of teenage indolence in Green Day’s first hit single, “Longview.”

From Los Angeles Times

His indolence and penchant for excess both fascinated and troubled Lagerfeld, a workaholic who did not drink or do drugs, and did not seem interested in sex, either.

From New York Times

As Lorraine, Leigh delivers her lines something like Mae West filtered through Bette Davis, with a bit of the catlike indolence of her Dorothy Parker in Alan Rudolph’s “Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle”; but the effect here is of a person who knows she doesn’t need to move quickly or speak loudly to demonstrate power.

From Los Angeles Times

Such indolence will not be forgotten.

From Seattle Times