An extra such as an extra lazy painter, i e , a line not currently in use; a "lazy" sheet
If someone is lazy, they do not want to work or make any effort to do anything. Lazy and incompetent police officers are letting the public down I was too lazy to learn how to read music. = idle + laziness la·zi·ness Current employment laws will be changed to reward effort and punish laziness
You can use lazy to describe an activity or event in which you are very relaxed and which you do or take part in without making much effort. Her latest novel is perfect for a lazy summer's afternoon reading We would have a lazy lunch and then lie on the beach in the sun. = relaxed + lazily la·zi·ly Liz went back into the kitchen, stretching lazily
Lazy as David Lawrence's dog Here Lawrence is a corruption of Larrence, an imaginary being supposed by Scottish peasantry to preside over the lazy and indolent Laziness is called Larrence (See and compare Davy Jones ) Lazy as Joe, the marine, who laid down has musket to sneeze (Sailor's (Atasözü) ) Lazy as Ludlam's dog, which leaned has head against the wall to bark This Ludlam was the famous sorceress of Surrey, who lived in a cave near Farnham, called Ludlam's Cave She kept a dog, noted for its laziness, so that when the rustics came to consult the witch, it would hardly condescend to give notice of their approach, even with the ghost of a bark (Ray: Proverbs
moving slowly and gently; "up a lazy river"; "lazy white clouds"; "at a lazy pace
disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"