lazy
see also WORK - a person who does not want to work hard is lazy, idle; nouns (U): laziness, idleness Sunshine makes me feel lazy. ◎ Get out of bed, you lazy thing! - the opposite of lazy is hard-working a hard-working team - when you are lazy and relaxing, doing nothing in particular, you laze around/about, lounge around/about We lazed around in the garden while the others went for a walk. ◎ I hate the kind of holiday where you just lounge about on a beach. - if you spend your time sitting and not doing anything else, you sit* around/about She sat around at home all day, waiting for him to call. ◎ In the evenings we just sat about and had a laugh. - a lazy person who avoids work: (informal) layabout - a lazy, rude or untidy person: (informal) slob
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