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lazy

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la·zy  (lz)
adj. la·zi·er, la·zi·est
1. Resistant to work or exertion; disposed to idleness.
2. Slow-moving; sluggish: a lazy river.
3. Conducive to idleness or indolence: a lazy summer day.
4. Depicted as reclining or lying on its side. Used of a brand on livestock.

[Probably of Low German origin.]

lazi·ly adv.
lazi·ness n.
Synonyms: lazy, fainéant, idle, indolent, slothful
These adjectives mean not disposed to exertion, work, or activity: too lazy to wash the dishes; fainéant aristocrats; an idle drifter; an indolent hanger-on; slothful employees.

lazy
Adjective
[lazier, laziest]
1. not inclined to work or exert oneself
2. done in a relaxed manner with little effort
3. moving in a sluggish manner: the lazy drift of the bubbles [origin unknown]
lazily adv
laziness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.lazy - moving slowly and gently; "up a lazy river"; "lazy white clouds"; "at a lazy pace"
slow - not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth"
2.lazy - 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"
idle - not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"

lazy
adjective 1. idle, inactive, indolent, slack, negligent, inert, remiss, workshy, slothful, shiftless << OPPOSITE industrious
adjective 2. lethargic, languorous, slow-moving, languid, sleepy, sluggish, drowsy, somnolent, torpid << OPPOSITE quick
Translations
lazy [ˈleɪzɪ] adjperezoso, vago, flojo (LAM)

lazy [ˈleɪzɪ] adjparesseux/euse

lazy [ˈleɪzɪ] laze adjfaul; [movement, action] → langsam, träge

lazy [ˈleɪzɪ] adjpigro/a

lazy
adj lazy [ˈleizi]
too inclined to avoid hard work, exercise etc I take the bus to work as I'm too lazy to walk; Lazy people tend to become fat. lui كَسْلان мързелив líný doven faul τεμπέλης perezoso, vago laisk تنبل laiska paresseux עָצֵל आलसी lijen lusta malas latur pigro 怠惰な 게으른 tingus slinks; laisks malas lui lat, doven leniwy preguiçoso leneş ленивый lenivý len lenj lat, lättjefull เกียจคร้าน tembel 懶惰的 лінивий, ледачий سست lười nhác 惰的
adv lazily
lui-lui بِكَسَل мързеливо líně dovent faul τεμπέλικα perezosamente laisalt با تنبلی laiskasti paresseusement בְּעַצלוּת आलस्य, सुस्ती lijeno lustán dengan malas letilega pigramente なまけて 게으르게 tingiai slinki; laiski dengan malas lui dovent leniwie preguiçosamente leneş лениво lenivo leno lenjo lättjefullt อย่างเกียจคร้าน tembelce, tembel tembel 懶洋洋地 ліниво سستی سے một cách lười nhác
n laziness
luiheid كَسَل мързеливост lenost dovenskab die Faulheit τεμπελιά pereza laiskus تنبلی laiskuus paresse עַצלוּת आलस्य, सुस्ती lijenost lustaság kemalasan leti pigrizia 怠惰 게으름 tingumas slinkums; laiskums kemalasan luiheid latskap lenistwo preguiça lenevie лень lenivosť lenoba lenjost lathet, lättja ความเกียจคร้าน tembellik 懶惰 лінощі, ледарство سستی sự lười nhác
n lazy-bones
a name for a lazy person. luiaard, lamsak كَسْلان мързел líná kůže dovenlas der Faulpelz ακαμάτης gandul, perezoso laiskvorst تنه لش laiskuri fainéant/-ante עַצלָן सुस्त आदमी ljenčina lusta ember pemalas letingi fannullone なまけ者 게으름뱅이 tinginys sliņķis; slaists berat tulang luiwammes dovenpels, lathans leniuch mandrião trântor лентяй leňoch lenuh lezilebović latmask คนเกียจคร้าน tembel insan 懶骨頭 ледар کاہل شخص کو بلانے کا نام anh chàng đại lãn


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But soon they passed a group of men, one of whom said: "See that lazy youngster, he lets his father walk while he rides.
It is a shameful and unblessed thing, to take the scum of people, and wicked condemned men, to be the people with whom you plant; and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation; for they will ever live like rogues, and not fall to work, but be lazy, and do mischief, and spend victuals, and be quickly weary, and then certify over to their country, to the discredit of the plantation.
These, then, and such-like things ought to be the first object of our attention: the next age to this continues till the child is five years old; during which time it is best to teach him nothing at all, not even necessary labour, lest it should hinder his growth; but he should be accustomed to use so much motion as not to acquire a lazy habit of body; which he will get by various means and by play also: his play also ought to be neither illiberal nor too laborious nor lazy.
 
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