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la·zy

lazy

 
 
pronunciation:
leI zi
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part of speech: adjective
inflections: lazier, laziest
definition 1: When you are lazy, you don't want to do any work or make much effort to do things.
Henry was too lazy to bring the trash out to the street, so he left it outside the door instead. That's why the garbage truck didn't pick up the trash the next morning.
synonyms:
idle
antonyms:
ambitious, hard
definition 2: When you walk home in a lazy way, you walk slowly.
We walked through the park at a lazy pace, just talking.
synonyms:
slow
antonyms:
active, busy
derivations: lazyish (adj.), lazily (adv.), laziness (n.)
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