Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Disinclined to work or exertion; showing a lack of effort or care: The word "lazy" primarily describes a person or animal that avoids activity or work, often preferring rest or idleness.
   • Moving or proceeding slowly; lacking energy or speed: "Lazy" can also describe something that moves in a slow, relaxed, or gentle manner.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • He is too lazy to clean his room. (This describes a person unwilling to make an effort.)
  • The cat gave a lazy stretch in the sun. (This describes a slow, relaxed movement.)
  • We spent a lazy afternoon by the lake. (This describes a slow-paced, relaxed period of time.)

Advanced Usage

• "lazy eye": A condition where vision does not develop properly in one eye.
  • The child wore a patch to treat his lazy eye.
• "lazy loading" (computing): A design pattern where data is loaded only when it is needed.
  • The website uses lazy loading for images to improve performance.

Variants and Related Words

• Lazily (adverb): In a lazy manner.
  • The river flowed lazily through the valley.
• Laziness (noun): The quality of being lazy.
  • His laziness prevented him from finishing the project.

Synonyms

• Indolent: Habitually lazy.
• Slothful: Lazy and unwilling to make an effort.
• Idle: Avoiding work; inactive.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Laze around/about: To spend time relaxing and doing very little.
  • I plan to just laze around the house this weekend.

Related Idioms

• A lazy Susan: A revolving tray placed on a table to hold food.
  • Please pass the salt on the lazy Susan.
• Lazybones (informal noun): A lazy person.
  • Get out of bed, you lazybones!

Adjective

1. disinclined to work or exertion
   • faineant kings under whose rule the country languished
   • an indolent hanger-on
   • too lazy to wash the dishes
   • shiftless idle youth
   • slothful employees
   • the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy
2. moving slowly and gently
   • up a lazy river
   • lazy white clouds
   • at a lazy pace