LAZY

faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy

(adjective) disinclined to work or exertion; “faineant kings under whose rule the country languished”; “an indolent hanger-on”; “too lazy to wash the dishes”; “shiftless idle youth”; “slothful employees”; “the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy”

lazy

(adjective) moving slowly and gently; “up a lazy river”; “lazy white clouds”; “at a lazy pace”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

lazy (comparative lazier, superlative laziest)

Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.

Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.

Showing a lack of effort or care.

Sluggish; slow-moving.

Lax

Droopy.

(optometry) Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.

(of a, cattle brand) Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical.

(comptheory) Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.

(UK, obsolete or dialect) Wicked; vicious.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "lazy" is often applied: person, man, woman, bastard, morning, day, time, way.

Synonyms

• (unwilling to work): bone-idle, idle, indolent, slothful, work-shy

• See also lazy

Verb

lazy (third-person singular simple present lazies, present participle lazying, simple past and past participle lazied)

(informal) To laze, act in a lazy manner.

Noun

lazy (plural lazies)

A lazy person.

(obsolete) Sloth (animal).

Source: Wiktionary

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La"zy, a. [Compar. Lazier; superl. Laziest.] Etym: [OE. lasie, laesic, of uncertain origin; cf. F. las tired, L. lassus, akin to E. late; or cf. LG. losig, lesig.]

1. Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work. Bacon.

2. Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream. "The night owl's lazy flight." Shak.

3. Wicked; vicious. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] B. Jonson.

Lazy tongs, a system of jointed bars capable of great extension, originally made for picking up something at a distance, now variously applied in machinery.

Syn.

– Idle; indolent; sluggish; slothful. See Idle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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