lazyadjective
uk/ˈleɪ.zi/us/ˈleɪ.zi/A2 disapproving not willing to work or use any effort:
Managers had complained that the workers were lazy and unreliable.
Get out of bed, you lazy thing!
He's too lazy to walk to work.
B2 approving slow and relaxed:
We spent a lazy day on the beach sunbathing.
More examples
- He's a classic example of a kid who's clever but lazy.
- You were very lazy last term, but we'll start again with a clean sheet this term.
- I'm not being lazy - I'm just conserving my energy for later.
- We spent a lazy afternoon floating down the river.
- She told him he was a lazy good-for-nothing and should get a job.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Laziness and lazy people
- bludger
- bone idle idiom
- bum around
- CBA
- clock-watching
- deadbeat
- doss
- idle
- inertia
- layabout
- lazybones
- lie down on the job idiom
- loafer
- lotus-eater
- skiver
- slacker
- slackness
- slob
- sloth
- slug
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Peaceful and tranquil
lazily
adverb uk/ˈleɪ.zəl.i/us/ˈleɪ.zəl.i/
Palm trees swayed lazily in the soft breeze.
laziness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈleɪ.zi.nəs/us/ˈleɪ.zi.nəs/
B2
I could go to the gym - it's just laziness that stops me.