lazy

lazy
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. indolent, slothful; slow, sluggish. See inactivity. Ant., industrious, quick.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Indolent]
Syn. indolent, slothful, idle, slack, remiss, laggard, sluggish, heavy-footed, lagging, apathetic, loafing, dallying, languid, passive, asleep on the job, procrastinating, neglectful, unconcerned, indifferent, dilatory, tardy, inattentive, careless, unready, unpersevering, lethargic, lifeless, flagging, logy*, weary, tired, supine, lackadaisical; see also listless 1 .
Ant. active*, businesslike, indefatigable.
2. [Slow]
Syn. slothful, inactive, lethargic; see dull 6 , slow 1 , 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
indolent, slothful, unwilling to work, *allergic to work, idle, shiftless, malingering, sleepy, loafing, inert, unindustrious, unmotivated.
ANT.: industrious, enterprising, hard-working, hard-driving, *busy as a beaver
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Resistant to exertion and activity: faineant, idle, indolent, shiftless, slothful, sluggard, sluggish. Informal: do-nothing. Idiom: bone lazy. See ACTION, INDUSTRIOUS.

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