lazy
Unwilling to do work or make an effortUnwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
» I don't think Tom is lazy.
Я не думаю, что Том - лентяй.
Я не думаю, що Том ледачий.
Meaning
9 sensesUnwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
Get out of bed, you lazy lout!
faul
лени́выйlenívyj
ліни́вийlinývyj, леда́чийledáčyj
disinclined to work or exertion
Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
I love staying inside and reading on a lazy Sunday.
Showing a lack of effort or care.
lazy writing
Sluggish; slow-moving.
We strolled along beside a lazy stream.
moving slowly and gently
Lax:
Droopy.
a lazy-eared rabbit
Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.
затуманенное зре́ниеzatumanennoje zrénije, амблиопиambliopi
Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical.
Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.
a lazy algorithm
(UK, dialectal, obsolete)Wicked; vicious.
Examples
673 sentencesI don't think Tom is lazy.
Я не думаю, що Том ледачий.
ruЯ не думаю, что Том - лентяй.
I know that Tom is lazy.
Я знаю, що Том ледачий.
ruЯ знаю, что Том ленивый.
I'm too lazy to do that.
Я для цього занадто ледачий.
ruЯ слишком ленив для этого.
Tom said that Mary was lazy.
Том скащав, що Мері лінива.
ruТом сказал, что Мэри ленивая.
Tom is very lazy, isn't he?
Том дуже ледачий, так?
deTom ist sehr faul, nicht wahr?
Translations
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Origin
Attested since 1540, origin uncertain. Probably from Low German and Middle Low German lasiAttested since 1540, origin uncertain. Probably from Low German and Middle Low German lasich (“slack, feeble, lazy”), from las, from Old Saxon lask, from Proto-Germanic *lasiwaz, *laskaz (“feeble, weak”), from Proto-Indo-European *las- (“weak”).
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Forms
lazier, laziestSynonyms
15 synonymsAntonyms
3 antonymsWord family
38 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- B1Feelings and character — Because the lesson uses it
- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
12 patterns- as lazy as
- too lazy to
- is a lazy
- is as lazy
- is too lazy
- lazy person
- being being lazy
- a lazy person
- a very lazy
- a lazy kid
- lazy boy
- the laziest person