laziness
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zi adjective
1.
averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent.
2.
causing idleness or indolence: a hot, lazy afternoon.
3.
slow-moving; sluggish: a lazy stream.
4.
(of a livestock brand) placed on its side instead of upright.
verb (used without object)
5.
to laze.
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Laziness
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Origin:
1540–50; compare Low German lasich languid, idle
1540–50; compare Low German lasich languid, idle
Related forms
la·zi·ly, adverb
la·zi·ness, noun
la·zy·ish, adjective
Antonyms
1. industrious. 3. quick.
1. industrious. 3. quick.
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lazy (ˈleɪzɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , lazier, laziest | |
| 1. | not inclined to work or exertion |
| 2. | conducive to or causing indolence |
| 3. | moving in a languid or sluggish manner: a lazy river |
| 4. | (of a brand letter or mark on livestock) shown as lying on its side |
| [C16: origin uncertain] | |
| 'lazily | |
| —adv | |
| 'laziness | |
| —n | |
| lazy (ˈleɪzɪ) | |
| —adj , lazier, laziest | |
| 1. | not inclined to work or exertion |
| 2. | conducive to or causing indolence |
| 3. | moving in a languid or sluggish manner: a lazy river |
| 4. | (of a brand letter or mark on livestock) shown as lying on its side |
| [C16: origin uncertain] | |
| 'lazily | |
| —adv | |
| 'laziness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
lazy
1540s, laysy, of unknown origin. Replaced native slack, slothful, and idle as the main word expressing the notion of "averse to work." In 19c. thought to be from lay (v.) as tipsy from tip. Skeat is responsible for the prevailing modern view that it probably comes from Low Ger.,
cf. M.L.G. laisch "weak, feeble, tired," modern Low Ger. läösig, early modern Du. leuzig, all of which may go back to the PIE root *(s)leg- "slack." According to Weekley, the -z- sound disqualifies a connection with Fr. lassé "tired" or Ger. lassig "lazy, weary, tired." A supposed dialectal meaning "naught, bad," if it is the original sense, may tie the word to O.N. lasenn "dilapidated," lasmøyrr "decrepit, fragile," root of Icelandic las-furða "ailing," las-leiki "ailment." Lazybones is first attested 1590s. Lazy Susan is from 1917.
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Example sentences
So, tenure is not the only system that can promote laziness and incompetence.
Skepticism arising sheer laziness is not skepticism: it is garden-variety ignorance.
Somewhat of laziness was in the case, and somewhat too of modesty, but nothing of disrespect or of unthankfulness.
My prime driver for this is laziness and the cost of water.
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