懈け怠たい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

laziness; indolence; negligence

General term for laziness or neglect of duties. Often used in formal or written contexts.

• 彼かれの懈け怠たいが原げん因いんでプロジェクトが遅おくれた。

  The project was delayed due to his negligence.

• 職しょく務むを懈け怠たいしてはならない。

  You must not neglect your duties.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

misfeasance; nonfeasance; laches

Only with reading けたい / かいたい

Legal term for improper performance or failure to perform a duty. Reading かいたい is especially common.

• 公こう務む員いんの懈け怠たいが訴そ訟しょうの対たい象しょうとなった。

  The public official's misfeasance became the subject of a lawsuit.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

kausidya (Buddhist laziness)

Only with reading けたい / けだい / げたい

Buddhist term for spiritual sloth or indolence, one of the mental hindrances. Reading けだい is especially common.

• 懈け怠たいは仏ぶっ教きょうにおいて修しゅ行ぎょうの妨さまたげとされる。

  Kausidya is considered an obstacle to practice in Buddhism.