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# indolence

«indolence» in Mova's school dictionary: **Laziness; not wanting to work or make an effort** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (indolence — uncountable; formal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Laziness; not wanting to work or make an effort. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indolence/#m1)

2) A relaxed, slow, lazy state, as on a hot day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indolence/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A literary and formal word, found in stories and old books: an idle character's indolence. In everyday talk people say «laziness». Phrases: a life of indolence, sheer indolence, summer indolence.

### examples

- The king lived a life of indolence while his people worked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indolence/#x1)
- His indolence meant the garden was full of weeds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indolence/#x2)
- On the hot afternoon the cats lay in happy indolence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indolence/#x3)
- The teacher blamed his poor marks on indolence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indolence/#x4)
- The story warned against indolence and greed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indolence/#x5)
- After a busy term, we enjoyed a week of indolence on the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indolence/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective «indolent». Formal and judging; being tired or ill is not indolence.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «indolence» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indolence/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.