lazy

[ley-zee] /ˈleɪ zi/

adjective, lazier, laziest.

averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent.

causing idleness or indolence:

a hot, lazy afternoon.

slow-moving; sluggish:

a lazy stream.

(of a livestock brand) placed on its side instead of upright.

verb (used without object), lazied, lazying.

to laze.

Origin

1540-50; compare Low German lasich languid, idle

Related forms

lazily, adverb

laziness, noun

lazyish, adjective

Synonyms

1. slothful. See idle. 3. inert, inactive, torpid.

Antonyms

1. industrious. 3. quick.

Examples from the web for lazy

Even a bowl of cereal can make for a light and lazy dinner.
When faced with an obstacle-say, a cubicle wall-the walkers take the lazy, long way around.
Still, there's a whiff of something cold and lazy-expensive about this setup.
If the story is a bit lazy, if the graphics not up to scratch it will not appeal to them.
As always for this kind of project, everyone becomes somewhat lazy for the final touch.
On a lazy summer day a few years back, my two oldest children were playing with toy swords outside.
For example, there are certain things you can never do-when a leader is reaching for a dish, you mustn't turn the lazy susan.
Palmer writers were those kids always got top marks on their quick brown foxes and lazy sleeping dogs.
We wrote systems and software that was lazy and bloated and wasted speed as it was cheap and easy.
No longer do you have to travel abroad to spend a lazy afternoon at a beer garden.

British Dictionary definitions for lazy

lazy

/ˈleɪzɪ/

adjective lazier, laziest

not inclined to work or exertion

conducive to or causing indolence

moving in a languid or sluggish manner: a lazy river

(of a brand letter or mark on livestock) shown as lying on its side

Derived Forms

lazily, adverb
laziness, noun

Word Origin

C16: origin uncertain

Word Origin and History for lazy

adj.

1540s, laysy, of unknown origin. Replaced native slack, slothful, and idle as the main word expressing the notion of "averse to work." In 19c. thought to be from lay (v.) as tipsy from tip. Skeat is responsible for the prevailing modern view that it probably comes from Low German, cf. Middle Low German laisch "weak, feeble, tired," modern Low German läösig, early modern Dutch leuzig, all of which may go back to the PIE root *(s)leg- "slack." According to Weekley, the -z- sound disqualifies a connection with French lassé "tired" or German lassig "lazy, weary, tired." A supposed dialectal meaning "naught, bad," if it is the original sense, may tie the word to Old Norse lasenn "dilapidated," lasmøyrr "decrepit, fragile," root of Icelandic las-furða "ailing," las-leiki "ailment." Lazy Susan is from 1917.