► lazy not liking work or physical activity, or not making any effort to do anything: · a lazy student· You make your own breakfast! Don't be so lazy!
► idle lazy and not doing enough work. Idle sounds rather formal and is becoming old-fashioned. In everyday English, people usually use lazy: · The beggars were too idle to look for work.· Her son was bone idle (=extremely lazy).
► indolent formal lazy and living a comfortable life: · He spent an indolent first year at Oxford.· the indolent son of a wealthy landowner
► shiftless lazy and having no ambition to succeed or do anything useful with your life: · her shiftless husband
► work-shy British English lazy and trying to avoid any work: · He was work-shy, and no one could remember when he’d last held a job.
► slothful formal lazy and not liking physical activity: · Her advice to slothful Americans is: ‘Get out there and walk!’