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she regretted ever asking that layabout to be her roommate, as he created the mess of two people and refused to help with anything
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And typically, Wegmann added, those units are occupied by productive, working adults, not layabouts or career criminals leeching off the system, as the old narrative goes.
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Mar. 2026
In Noah Baumbach’s 2007 movie Margot at the Wedding, Jack Black’s character, a would-be painter, former musician, and general layabout named Malcolm, is accused by his fiancée of being competitive with everyone.
—Ryu Spaeth, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2026
Others reached a different conclusion: the cops were just sweeping up anybody who looked like tambay, layabouts.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
As the story begins, Mary and Boo are neighbors, unemployed millennial layabouts who rarely leave their rooms.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2026
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Mar. 2026
In Noah Baumbach’s 2007 movie Margot at the Wedding, Jack Black’s character, a would-be painter, former musician, and general layabout named Malcolm, is accused by his fiancée of being competitive with everyone.
—Ryu Spaeth, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2026
Others reached a different conclusion: the cops were just sweeping up anybody who looked like tambay, layabouts.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
As the story begins, Mary and Boo are neighbors, unemployed millennial layabouts who rarely leave their rooms.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2026
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“Layabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/layabout. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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