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lazy

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la⋅zy

  [ley-zee] adjective, -zi⋅er, -zi⋅est, verb, -zied, -zy⋅ing.
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–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.
Origin:
1540–50; cf. LG lasich languid, idle

Related forms:
la⋅zi⋅ly, adverb
la⋅zi⋅ness, noun
la⋅zy⋅ish, adjective

Synonyms:
1. slothful. See idle. 3. inert, inactive, torpid.

Antonyms:
1. industrious. 3. quick.
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la·zy   (lā'zē)   
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.]
la'zi·ly adv., la'zi·ness n.
Synonyms: 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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