[ UK /lˈe‍ɪzi/ ]
[ US /ˈɫeɪzi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. disinclined to work or exertion
    faineant kings under whose rule the country languished
    slothful employees
    too lazy to wash the dishes
    shiftless idle youth
    an indolent hanger-on
    the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy
  2. moving slowly and gently
    lazy white clouds
    at a lazy pace
    up a lazy river
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How To Use lazy In A Sentence

  • 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. Times, Sunday Times
  • 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. Literary Death Match: Wednesday Night in Washington Square Park
  • A part of me wants to snuggle up against his side and let him loop a lazy arm around my shoulders, but another part knows that I can't.
  • People on welfare are wrongly seen as lazy or dishonest.
  • The crunch leaves of autumn had shrivelled and the sun was a lazy, dusky peach colour.
  • I'm a lazy good-for-nothing at heart, so I don't want to waste my precious leisure time paying bills.
  • But how do you make sure you don't tip into demanding too much or go too far the other way and get lazy about asserting your needs? The Sun
  • Judging from these movies, Mark Wilkinson is evidently some kind of caecilian-hunting guru genius: with just two lazy, shallow strokes of a spade, he was able to discover two caecilians in their native habitat. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
  • Lazy Susans, pullout shelves, and special trays can make kitchen cabinets much more useful.
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