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lazyla‧zy /ˈleɪzi/ ●●● S3 adjective (comparative lazier, superlative laziest)   lazyOrigin: 1500-1600 Perhaps from Middle Low German lasich ‘weak’ - a lazy afternoon
- a lazy river
- Get up, you lazy thing! It's nearly lunchtime.
- He's too lazy to cook himself dinner.
- Marian didn't do well at school. She was intelligent, but very lazy.
- The lazy days of summer are finally here.
- We spent a lazy afternoon at the beach.
► 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!’ lazy► lazy someone who is lazy does not like work or physical activity, and tries to avoid it: · Marian didn't do well at school. She was intelligent, but very lazy.· Get up, you lazy thing! It's nearly lunchtime.a lazy day/week etc (=a time when you relax and do not work hard): · We spent a lazy afternoon at the beach.· The lazy days of summer are finally here. ► idle someone who is idle is lazy and does not do enough work -- used to show strong disapproval: · Wake up that idle young brother of yours and tell him it's time for school!the idle rich (=rich people who do not have to work to earn money): · Painting is a favorite hobby of the idle rich.bone idle British (=very lazy): · That husband of hers is bone idle. No wonder the house is such a mess. ► can't be bothered/couldn't be bothered British spoken if you say that you can't be bothered to do something, you mean that you have decided not to do it because it is not interesting to you and you are feeling too lazy: · When I asked her to help me she said that she couldn't be bothered.can't be bothered to do something: · My hairdresser says I should use a hairdryer to dry my hair, but I can't be bothered to do it every day.· They complain so much about the government, but they can't be bothered to vote. a lazy person► lazybones spoken informal a lazy person - use this especially when talking to someone that you like: · Hey, lazybones, how long are you planning on staying in bed? ► couch potato informal someone who spends a lot of time sitting and watching television: · "I was a complete couch potato," Lewis said, "I didn't even like walking to the store."· Mitchell is a self-described "couch potato". ► layabout British informal a lazy person who avoids work or responsibility: · How did you get mixed up with that layabout?· a bunch of hopeless layabouts ► skiver British informal someone who is lazy and does not go to school, work etc: · I always thought Clive was a bit of a skiver. to behave in a lazy way► sit/lounge/laze around informal to spend time sitting and relaxing and not doing any work: · We lazed around on the beach most of the day.· Why not finish your homework, instead of just sitting around doing nothing?· It's a perfect place to lounge around -- hot sunshine and free drinks. ► shirk to deliberately avoid your work or your responsibilities because you are lazy, in a way that makes people not have respect for you: · We don't want anyone shirking round here -- everyone is expected to earn their pay.shirk your duties/responsibilities: · Our father never shirked his responsibilities.· John doesn't want to go to war, but he won't shirk his duty. ► not lift a finger informal to not help someone at all with work that must be done, such as cooking and cleaning, with the result that they have to do it all on their own: · Tim doesn't lift a finger when it comes to housework.not lift a finger to help: · We spent the day moving furniture, but Sara didn't lift a finger to help. ADVERB► as· People who left school unable to read were often dismissed as lazy.· The homeless and those on welfare are despised as lazy or dishonest.· Unemployed people are described as lazy, scroungers, living off the tax payer, etc.· Always so polite with the Archbishop, a fawning, cloying, false man. As lazy as any Negro.· Many welfare opponents vilify recipients as lazy and immoral cheats and con artists.· They are as lazy ill breaking down as they, are ill building tip. ► too· This happened in Wimbledon, too. people were simply too lazy to try and remember.· Emma Quashie reproached him from back in the doorway where she had gone, too lazy to chase the boy.· I am too lazy to be shopping around for the best rate every three years.· They only ran the tractors during the daytime-they were too lazy to run them at night.· The purplish thing drifted on to the beach, but I felt too lazy to walk over and examine it.· What would happen if we all parked where we pleased just because we were too lazy to park properly?· And we're too lazy to do any gardening.· No, he is too lazy. NOUN► days· Or you can simply opt out and discover some of the best ways to spend lazy days.· Long lazy days, trips to the beach and James Taylor at the local amphitheater.· Ahhh ... those lazy days of spooning mayonnaise.· The beach is all of fifty metres away across the road and is great for lazy days sunbathing. ► lucky/lazy/cheeky etc beggar- I've been stood out there ages! - Anyway, why aren't you dressed yet, you lazy beggar?
nounlazinessadjectivelazyadverblazily 1not liking work and physical activity, or not making any effort to do anything:  the laziest boy in the class He felt too lazy to get out of bed.2a lazy period of time is spent doing nothing except relaxing OPP busy: We spent lazy days relaxing on the beach.—lazily adverb—laziness noun [uncountable]THESAURUSlazy 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 landownershiftless lazy and having no ambition to succeed or do anything useful with your life: · her shiftless husbandwork-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!’ |