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
The process of inspiration is active and requires energy for muscle contraction.
And its world was a narrow swamp, a grey, nubiferous environment, where it lived its contented, active, idyllic, almost mindless existence.
Simply inserting the word "conservation" in the pesticide label and slightly watering down the percentage of the active ingredient, brodifacoum, does not make this rodenticide safe for wildlife, nor will it make it any less persistent.
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.
