lazy
- adjective
- /ˈleɪ.zi/
- Many teachers think these students are lazy and don't care when, actually, they care a great deal.
- too lazy to work
- too lazy
- lazy and incompetent
Well, one day we got lazy and we didn't clean up.
- Well, one day we got lazy and we didn't clean up.
- I'm, I'm falling behind in school, I'm lazy, my house is a mess.
- Before that point, would people have called you lazy or unmotivated?
- So that makes you feel lazy or unmotivated.
- I should be on the slogan for it, like lazy but not gross.
- You're like a little, little lazy version of Melania.
- Anyway, so then you have the lazy and the scared conservatives.
- And I feel like, like, lazy because I'm just like Joe.
- OK, are you sloppy and lazy and stuck in a funk?
- And it's for people who are lazy and don't really need it.
Examples
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Before that point, would people have called you lazy or unmotivated?
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What is one thing in your lazy routine that you do?
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And then I become lazy and all that.
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I still remember, nice guy, a little lazy, but fun.
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I do it on my lazy days.
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I never wrote a book because I'm too lazy to write books.
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I mean, there are people that are lazy, but that's a choice.
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It's not that he's lazy, he's just lost.
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If you're weak or lazy, you ain't making the team.
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On weekends, I often feel lazy and just want to relax at home.
Synonyms
Not feeling interest or energy to do something
A person who is lazy and unwilling to work or try
Showing little energy or interest and doing things slowly and carelessly
Not willing to work and often inactive
Not wanting to work or try hard
Very lazy and not willing to do any work or help
Unwilling to work or help
Not willing to do any work most of the time
Not willing to work or make effort
Not willing to do a job or make an effort
Tending to be lazy and preferring to sit or rest instead of move
Not giving enough care or effort when doing tasks
Acting untidy and lazy, often leaving rooms and dishes messy
Antonyms
Compounds
How Lazy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lazy comes from the idea of the verb laze, which means 'to rest' or 'be idle'. So, someone who 'lazes' about does not want to work or use energy, which is why lazy means unwilling to work.