01 a. Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.
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1.
Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.
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2.
Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream.
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3.
Wicked; vicious.[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Phrases & compounds
Lazy tongs —
a system of jointed bars capable of great extension, originally made for picking up something at a distance, now variously applied in machinery.