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.
The antidote is intended to protect residents from radioactive fallout from any missile attack on the nuclear station.
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.
People on welfare are wrongly seen as lazy or dishonest.
The healthy but lazy who claim incapacity benefit are just as morally bankrupt as those benefiting from offshore tax havens.
