supineness

This supineness is deeply to be regretted, for if Persia could supply good silk the profit to her and to England would be great.

Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia 1856

A kind of supineness which has continued half a century, has sue: eeded to this fermentation; but in the reign of Charles III, they shook it ott, and proved tliat the most distinguished svibjcets in a nation are not always the most useless.

A General collection of the best and most interesting voyages and travels in all parts of the world [microform] : many of which are now first translated into English : digested on a new plan 1812

In retaliation McCarthy announced he was "breaking" with the Republican leader and accused the President publicly of "weakness and supineness" in ferreting out Communists, indeed claimed he himself had made a terrible mistake -- namely to have voted for Eisenhower in 1952!

Nigel Hamilton: American Caesars Nigel Hamilton 2010

In retaliation McCarthy announced he was "breaking" with the Republican leader and accused the President publicly of "weakness and supineness" in ferreting out Communists, indeed claimed he himself had made a terrible mistake -- namely to have voted for Eisenhower in 1952!

Nigel Hamilton: American Caesars Nigel Hamilton 2010

Minorities also have a horrible habit of gaining control given majority decadence and supineness.

John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

What Pakistan got out of it was its nuclear bomb, hardly a result of the supineness that policy critics often bemoan.

No More Politics On War Please 2009

I know no mark more irrefragable of the supineness of mankind. '

Camilla 2008

Up until now, the supineness of the Senate has been appalling.

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Up until now, the supineness of the Senate has been appalling.

Time for President Sessions (R- AL)? 2006

Moderation was the last praise to which Mrs. Berlinton had any claim; what she entered upon through persecution, in an interval of mental supineness, she was soon awake to as a pleasure, and next pursued as a passion.

Camilla 2008