lazy

adjective

/ˈleɪzi/

(comparative lazier, superlative laziest)

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(disapproving) unwilling to work or be active; doing as little as possible synonym idle
- He was not stupid, just lazy.
- too lazy to do something I was feeling too lazy to go out.
- He's just plain lazy.
Topics Personal qualitiesa2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- feel
- become
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
See full entry
not involving much energy or activity; slow and relaxed
- We spent a lazy day on the beach.
Extra Examples
- His smile was slow, almost lazy.
- She smiled a lazy smile.
(disapproving) showing a lack of effort or care
- a lazy piece of work
- Most of us are intellectually lazy about large areas of the world around us.
- We thought we were winning, so we got lazy.
(literary) moving slowly synonym torpid
- the lazy river

Word Originmid 16th cent.: perhaps related to Low German lasich ‘languid, idle’.

单词	lazy
释义	lazy adjective /ˈleɪzi/ /ˈleɪzi/ (comparative lazier, superlative laziest) jump to other results (disapproving) unwilling to work or be active; doing as little as possible synonym idle He was not stupid, just lazy. too lazy to do something I was feeling too lazy to go out. He's just plain lazy. Topics Personal qualitiesa2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be feel become … adverb extremely fairly very … See full entry not involving much energy or activity; slow and relaxed We spent a lazy day on the beach. Extra Examples His smile was slow, almost lazy. She smiled a lazy smile. (disapproving) showing a lack of effort or care a lazy piece of work Most of us are intellectually lazy about large areas of the world around us. We thought we were winning, so we got lazy. (literary) moving slowly synonym torpid the lazy river Word Originmid 16th cent.: perhaps related to Low German lasich ‘languid, idle’.
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