lazy suggests a disinclination to work or to take trouble.
take-out foods for lazy cooks
indolent suggests a love of ease and a dislike of movement or activity.
the heat made us indolent
slothful implies a temperamental inability to act promptly or speedily when action or speed is called for.
fired for being slothful about filling orders
Example Sentences
Adjective a lazy child who avoided household chores I should have done more work this weekend, but I was feeling lazy. a hawk flying in lazy circles Verb a good afternoon to spend lazying on the back porch
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Make his après-ski as comfortable as a lazy Sunday at home with these convertible slip-on sneaker-slippers from Teva. Mike Richard, Men's Health, 16 Sep. 2022 Will Boler has 4 tackles and a pass breakup, not seeing much action with teams avoiding the wisdom-laden sixth-year senior, and Keondre Swoopes has 5 tackles out of the ‘star’ role and is capable of snatching a ball off a lazy pass. Evan Dudley, al, 16 Sep. 2022 The final day at camp begins with a lazy breakfast and coffee. Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 Sep. 2022 Set against Simenon’s rate of production, Graham Greene seems lazy, Dickens a tortured aesthete, Walter Scott sadly blocked. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022 Locals refer to themselves as being saral, sukh, and sust (simple, happy, lazy). Shalba Sarda, CNN, 11 Sep. 2022 So this perception of all millennials being superficial, lazy doesn't necessarily hold true.CBS News, 7 Sep. 2022 Imagine a lazy Saturday on the couch with PEOPLE's 2018 Sexiest Man Alive. Lydia Price, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2022 Avoid partnering with those using unhelpful stereotypes like the lazy stoner trope to further fiscal gains. Jeffrey M. Zucker, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Adjective and Verb
perhaps from Middle Low German lasich feeble; akin to Middle High German erleswen to become weak