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# lazy

«lazy» in Mova's school dictionary: **not wanting to work, try hard or move about** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (lazy, lazier, laziest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Lazy means not wanting to work, try hard or move about. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lazy/#m1)

2) Lazy also describes something slow and relaxed, without hurry («a lazy Sunday», «a lazy river»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lazy/#m2)

3) Lazy can describe careless work done with little effort («lazy writing»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lazy/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories lazy characters (like the grasshopper in the fable) often learn a lesson; teachers use it about homework or sloppy answers. In everyday life it can describe a relaxed day. Words like «idle» and «sluggish» are similar; «hard-working» is the opposite. Phrases: «lazy bones», «a lazy afternoon», «lazy eye».

### examples

- Don't be lazy; help me tidy up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lazy/#x1)
- The lazy cat slept in the sun all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lazy/#x2)
- We had a lazy Sunday morning in our pyjamas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lazy/#x3)
- The teacher said my handwriting was lazy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lazy/#x4)
- We floated down the lazy river at the water park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lazy/#x5)
- The lazy grasshopper had no food when winter came. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lazy/#x6)
- He is not lazy; he is just tired after training. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lazy/#x7)
- A lazy eye is an eye that does not see as well as the other one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lazy/#x8)
- Bestir yourself, you lazy old Giant! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lazy/#x9)

### note

Comparative «lazier», superlative «laziest»; noun «laziness», adverb «lazily». Calling someone lazy can hurt and is sometimes unfair: a person may be tired, ill or worried. «Lazy eye» is a medical condition, not laziness.

### In the corpora

- [Real cats do hunt mice, but many well-fed house cats are lazy hunters, and some are even scared of rats.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right/6/)
- [That was an old, unkind idea about a whole people, and it is wrong: no people is lazy by nature.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/21/)
- ["lǎnchóng" means lazybones, literally "lazy worm", and parents use it fondly on Sunday mornings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/23-friendly-teasing/9/)
- ["Needs encouragement" on a report usually means the pupil is lazy or unmotivated (does not want to try).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/16-school-reports/6/)
- ["Not working to her full potential" is a polite way to say she is lazy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/16-school-reports/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lazy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lazy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.