Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not willing to work or be energetic.
- adjective Slow-moving; sluggish.
- adjective Conducive to inactivity or indolence.
- adjective Depicted as reclining or lying on its side. Used of a brand on livestock.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To act lazily; laze; move idly, listlessly, or reluctantly.
- To waste or spend idly.
- Disinclined to action or exertion; naturally or habitually slothful; sluggish; indolent; averse to labor.
- Characterized by or characteristic of idleness or sluggishness; languid; tardy; slow: as, a lazy yawn; lazy movements; a lazy stream.
- Synonyms Indolent, Inert, etc. (see
idle ); dilatory, slack.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.
- adjective Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish.
- adjective Obs. or Prov. Eng. Wicked; vicious.
- adjective a system of jointed bars capable of great extension, originally made for picking up something at a distance, now variously applied in machinery.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Unwilling to do
work or make aneffort . - adjective Requiring little or no effort.
- adjective
Relaxed orleisurely . - adjective optometry Of an eye,
squinting because of a weakness of the eyemuscles . - adjective Turned so that the letter is
horizontal instead ofvertical . - adjective computing theory Employing
lazy evaluation ; not calculating results until they are immediately required. - adjective UK
wicked ;vicious
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective moving slowly and gently
- adjective disinclined to work or exertion
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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In repose now, he would not be simply lazy; he would be _being lazy_.
A Poor Man's House Stephen Sydney Reynolds 1900
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She turned her head to look at him, staring at the ceiling, his expression lazy and pleased.
The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985
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She turned her head to look at him, staring at the ceiling, his expression lazy and pleased.
The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985
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She turned her head to look at him, staring at the ceiling, his expression lazy and pleased.
The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985
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The term lazy writing doesn't even do what I'm thinking justice because they really showed how much they've hacked this concept to bits.
unknown title 2008
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Transneft spokesman Igor Demin, referring to Navalny as a "fascist," says the figure of $4 billion comes from what he calls "lazy" journalism.
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Transneft spokesman Igor Demin, referring to Navalny as a "fascist," says the figure of $4 billion comes from what he calls "lazy" journalism.
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Transneft spokesman Igor Demin, referring to Navalny as a "fascist," says the figure of $4 billion comes from what he calls "lazy" journalism.
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ROBERTS: A top lawmaker is holding a hearing into what he calls lazy enforcement of aircraft inspections by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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London Mayor Ken Livingstone, saying he refuses to recognize George W. Bush as the lawful president of the United States "In Louisiana, we have a problem with Southern drawl and what I call lazy mouth."
Perspectives 2007
frangarnes commented on the word lazy
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October 19, 2007
kamtsatka commented on the word lazy
It has a nice sound and even nicer meaning.
November 16, 2008