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lazy

 
 
/ˈleɪzi/ adjective

Translation

WORK Someone who is lazy does not like working or using any effort.
tembel, haylaz
You lazy thing! He's too lazy to make his bed in the morning.1360
RELAXED slow and relaxed
ağır, boşvermiş, uyuşuk, yavaş, tembel
a lazy morning/weekend1606
lazily adverb
tembel bir şekilde
laziness noun [U]
tembellik
(Definition of lazy adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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