lazy

About 4.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.

   Get out of bed, you lazy lout!

2. adjective Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.

   I love staying inside and reading on a lazy Sunday.

3. adjective Showing a lack of effort or care.

   lazy writing

4. adjective Sluggish; slow-moving.

   We strolled along beside a lazy stream.

5. adjective Lax: Droopy.

   a lazy-eared rabbit

6. adjective Droopy.

   a lazy-eared rabbit

7. adjective Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.
8. adjective Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical.

Similar words

idle faineant indolent slothful work-shy otiose slow sluggish bad vague

Often followed by

and to or man as people in dog susan

Word family

lazied lazier lazies laziest lazily laziness lazinesses lazying lazyish