La·zy a. [Compar. Lazier superl. Laziest.]
1. Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.
2. Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream. “The night owl's lazy flight.”
3. Wicked; vicious. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Lazy tongs, a system of jointed bars capable of great extension, originally made for picking up something at a distance, now variously applied in machinery.
Syn: -- Idle; indolent; sluggish; slothful. See Idle.
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