active vs lazy

Definitions

noun

1. chemical agent capable of activity
2. a person who is a participating member of an organization
3. the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb

adjective

1. exerting influence or producing a change or effect
2. (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt
3. characterized by energetic activity
4. engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
5. in operation

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Examples

We then repeat this fractionation process on these 10 compounds, rescreen them and find the active one, and then identify what that compound is.

This enables more active forms of mobilization, with many memberships engaged in various forms of collective action, often for the first times in their history.

Recent innovations include plasma screens, interactive terminals and systems allowing advertisements to be displayed on a precise day at a precise time.

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Definitions

adjective

1. disinclined to work or exertion
2. moving slowly and gently

Examples

I knew what the lady had said was just a lie cooked up by my lazy, good-for-nothing parents to get me to come home.

The healthy but lazy who claim incapacity benefit are just as morally bankrupt as those benefiting from offshore tax havens.

Those of you too lazy to hit the last link won't understand this, but the key to a successful performance of this story is to remain deadpan.

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