lazy
lazy /l'eɪzi/ (lazier laziest)
1 [ADJ]
If someone is lazy, they do not want to work or make any effort to do anything.
Lazy and incompetent police officers are letting the public down...
I was too lazy to learn how to read music.
= idle
● laziness [N-UNCOUNT]
Current employment laws will be changed to reward effort and punish laziness.
2 [ADJ] ADJ n
You can use lazy to describe an activity or event in which you are very relaxed and which you do or take part in without making much effort.
Her latest novel is perfect for a lazy summer's afternoon reading...
We would have a lazy lunch and then lie on the beach in the sun.
= relaxed
● lazily [ADV] ADV with v
Liz went back into the kitchen, stretching lazily.
1 [ADJ]
If someone is lazy, they do not want to work or make any effort to do anything.
Lazy and incompetent police officers are letting the public down...
I was too lazy to learn how to read music.
= idle
● laziness [N-UNCOUNT]
Current employment laws will be changed to reward effort and punish laziness.
2 [ADJ] ADJ n
You can use lazy to describe an activity or event in which you are very relaxed and which you do or take part in without making much effort.
Her latest novel is perfect for a lazy summer's afternoon reading...
We would have a lazy lunch and then lie on the beach in the sun.
= relaxed
● lazily [ADV] ADV with v
Liz went back into the kitchen, stretching lazily.