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Another word for lazy

lazy Synonyms

lazy

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Indolent
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.
Antonyms active*, businesslike, indefatigable.
Slow
slothful, inactive, lethargic; see dull 6, slow 1, 2.

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Another word for lazy

adjective

Resistant to exertion and activity:

fainÃ©ant, idle, indolent, shiftless, slothful, sluggard, sluggish. (Informal) do-nothing. Idiom: bone lazy. See action, industrious

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He says they're too lazy to work.
It was a lazy day, more like the beginning of summer than the end.
Katie wasn't lazy, but she didn't like getting dirt under her fingernails.
Was he Dorvad the lazy mate as Gladys so fictionalized him?
"These people are poor because they have been too lazy to work," he said.

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