Poor physical health: Studies indicate that neglected children may be at risk for diabetes, adolescent obesity, or poor lung function. Poor emotional or mental health: Neglect puts children at risk for trauma-related mental health issues, including posttraumatic stress, borderline personality, depression, and anxiety.

neglect. verb. to fail to do something that you should do.

Neglect is the ongoing failure to meet a child’s basic needs and the most common form of child abuse2. A child might be left hungry or dirty, or without proper clothing, shelter, supervision or health care. This can put children and young people in danger.

inaction. noun. the failure to do anything, especially when you should do something.

1a : lying on the back or with the face upward. b : marked by supination. 2 : exhibiting indolent or apathetic inertia or passivity especially : mentally or morally slack.

minimalist Add to list Share. When you call a person a minimalist, you’re describing their interest in keeping things very simple. A minimalist prefers the minimal amount or degree of something.

lazy person. loafer. ne’er-do-well. slacker. sluggard.

“Lazy” is a word that is carelessly thrown around. When someone calls someone else lazy, what they’re really saying is, “I don’t like how they choose to spend their time.” But it’s disguised as a moral judgment. It implies that someone is a bad or unworthy person.

What is another word for lazy?

For example, “lazy” will always have a negative connotation; it will give us a very negative idea of the person it’s being used to describe. So lazy is always seen as a very bad thing. However, idle can be used in other contexts, still to mean something or someone doesn’t work, but without the negative judgement.

Being complacent is similar to being lazy. Often when we get upset with our current situation, but refuse to work to improve, we are being complacent. A complacent person never works to reach their potential because they feel that it is pointless.

Here are five steps to avoid complacency once you’ve achieved your dream goal.

1. Start every day from scratch. Sustainable excellence is about getting better every day.
2. Surround yourself with people who will tell you like it is.
3. Focus on process instead of outcome.
4. Continuously learn and adapt.
5. Recharge the batteries.

Here are some ideas on how to be grateful without getting too complacent:

1. Set challenging goals and remind yourself of them on a daily basis: Goal setting is a must if we want to achieve success in any area of life.
2. Acknowledge your progress and milestones: Acknowledging your progress will keep you motivated.

A complacent person is very pleased with themselves or feels that they do not need to do anything about a situation, even though the situation may be uncertain or dangerous. adj.

Here are 5 signs you’re becoming complacent, the second installment in a new blog series on reinvention.

1. Smiling less.
2. You aren’t dialoguing, debating enough.
3. No one around you is challenging, stretching you.
4. You’ve lived every situation and can predict the outcome.
5. You’ve lost sight of “why” you’re doing this.

As adjectives the difference between satisfied and complacent. is that satisfied is in a state of satisfaction while complacent is uncritically satisfied with oneself or one’s achievements; smug.

The definition of complacent is happy with one’s self and unconcerned. An example of complacent is a person working in their office and not worried about the dangerous weather conditions outside. Satisfied; esp., self-satisfied, or smug.

Complacency in a relationship reflects feeling so satisfied and secure that you think you don’t need to try any harder. That your relationship is healthy and functioning, so it’s OK to set it to Cruise Control. Complacency can also be a good indication that you feel emotionally safe with one another.

There are very real reasons we become complacent, comfortable and bored: Our brains are hardwired to keep us safe. Fear of failure or the fear of what other people think can propel us to stay complacent, comfortable and bored. Fear holds us back.