Lazy
Lazy , adjective
[Old English lasie, laesic, of uncertain origin; compare French las tired, Latin lassus, akin to English late; or compare LG. losig, lesig.]
1.
Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work. — Bacon
2.
Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream.
The night owl's lazy flight.
3.
Wicked; vicious. [Obsolete or Provincial English] — B. Jonson
Collocations (1)
Lazy tongs , a system of jointed bars capable of great extension, originally made for picking up something at a distance, now variously applied in machinery.