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Lazy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Lazy? [adj] 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" [adj] moving slowly and gently; "up a lazy river"; "lazy white clouds"; "at a lazy pace" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Lazy: faineant \| idle \| indolent \| otiose \| slothful \| slow \| work-shy Related Terms \| Find terms related to Lazy: airy \| ambling \| backward \| bone-lazy \| bum \| bum around \| cadging \| careless \| casual \| cautious \| circumspect \| claudicant \| comatose \| crawling \| creeping \| creeping like snail \| cursory \| dallying \| degage \| delaying \| deliberate \| dilatory \| dillydallying \| disregardant \| disregardful \| do nothing \| doless \| do-nothing \| dronish \| drony \| easy \| easygoing \| ergophobic \| faineant \| faltering \| flagging \| flippant \| foot-dragging \| forgetful \| free and easy \| gentle \| goldbrick \| good-for-nothing \| goof off \| gradual \| halting \| hang around \| heedless \| hobbled \| hobbling \| idle \| inactive \| inconsiderate \| indifferent \| indolent \| inert \| insouciant \| lackadaisical \| laggard \| lagging \| languid \| languorous \| lax \| laze \| leisurely \| lethargic \| lie around \| limping \| lingering \| listless \| loaf \| loiter \| loiter about \| loitering \| loll \| loll around \| lollop around \| lounge \| lounge around \| lumbering \| Micawberish \| moderate \| mooch around \| moon \| moon around \| neglectful \| negligent \| nonaggressive \| oblivious \| offhand \| otiose \| parasitic \| passive \| perfunctory \| poking \| poky \| procrastinating \| procrastinative \| procrastinatory \| reckless \| regardless \| relaxed \| reluctant \| remiss \| respectless \| sauntering \| scrounging \| shiftless \| shuffling \| sit around \| slack \| slothful \| slouch \| slouch around \| slow \| slow as death \| slow as molasses \| slow as slow \| slow-crawling \| slow-foot \| slow-going \| slow-legged \| slow-moving \| slow-paced \| slow-poky \| slow-running \| slow-sailing \| slow-stepped \| sluggish \| snaillike \| snail-paced \| sponging \| staggering \| stand around \| strolling \| supine \| tactless \| tentative \| thoughtless \| toddling \| torpid \| tortoiselike \| tottering \| trifling \| trudging \| turtlelike \| undiplomatic \| unenterprising \| unheedful \| unheeding \| unhurried \| unmindful \| unprepared \| unready \| unsolicitous \| untactful \| unthinking \| waddling \| work-shy See Also \| Lazy In Webster's Dictionary \La"zy\, a. [Compar. {Lazier}; superl. {Laziest}.] [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}.

Lazy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lazy?

[adj] 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"
[adj] moving slowly and gently; "up a lazy river"; "lazy white clouds"; "at a lazy pace"

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Lazy In Webster's Dictionary

\La"zy\, a. [Compar. {Lazier}; superl. {Laziest}.] [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}.

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