active vs lazy
Definitions
noun
- chemical agent capable of activity
- a person who is a participating member of an organization
- 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
- exerting influence or producing a change or effect
- (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt
- characterized by energetic activity
- engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
- in operation
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.
It also questioned the fairness of two-tier charging structures in some schemes in which members ceasing to make new contributions were charged higher fees than active members.
Definitions
adjective
- disinclined to work or exertion
- 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.
