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desidia

Level C1

Meaning

neglect, apathy

Example

El edificio se cayó por pura desidia del propietario.

The building collapsed out of the owner's sheer neglect.

A way to remember it

Latin sedere "to sit", as in English sedentary: neglect is just sitting around doing nothing; not decidir "to decide"

Word forms

The spellings this word turns up in. There are 1 of them.

desidias

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