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lazy

 
 
/ˈleɪzi/ adjective

Definition

WORK Someone who is lazy does not like working or using any effort: You lazy thing! He's too lazy to make his bed in the morning.
RELAXED slow and relaxed: a lazy morning/weekend
lazily adverb laziness noun [U]
(Definition of lazy adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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