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(adj)
Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
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Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.
(n)
An irresponsible or lazy person.
(chiefly British, Ireland, Commonwealth, idiomatic) Utterly lazy.
lazy; idle; tending to sloth.
(v)
To pass time relaxing; to relax, lounge.
Stagnant.
Showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm.
Alternative spelling of workshy. [(British) Disinclined to work; lazy.]
Not active, temporarily or permanently.
Having no reason for being (raison d’être); having no point, reason, or purpose.
Having no job despite being able and willing to work.
Lacking a sense of responsibility; performed or acting as though without responsibility; negligent.
Having leisure time, especially as a result of not having to work for a living.
Not making a profit.
Lacking employment.
Unjustified, inappropriate or undeserved.
(usually not comparable) No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)
Of reasoning: based on something that is not true, or not based on solid reasons or facts; unfounded; without a basis.
Without any grounds to support it; baseless.
Having no strong foundation; not based on solid reasons or facts.
For which support or help is not available.
(not comparable) Not used.
Not engaged.
Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
constitutionally lazy or idle
not having a job
Free time, time free from work or duties.
(N)
(also called cyberloafing or cyberslacking) the practice of doing less work than one is able to, while maintaining the appearance of working.
Lazy, unmotivated.
The quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness.
The state or characteristic of being dormant; quiet, inactive restfulness.
Lack of action or activity or labor
(intransitive) To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time.
Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
Moving slowly.
Incapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
Unable to move or act; inanimate.
Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.
Not moving; calm.
Having no purpose; purposeless; unable to effect an aim.
Trivial, or of little importance.
Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
Not productive; useless; fruitless.
Unhelpful, not useful; pointless (of an action).
Failed, not successful.
(obsolete) Lacking ability; unable.
(figuratively) Unproductive, useless.
(of a person, an action, etc.) Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
Not occupied; empty.
Ambivalent; unconcerned; uninterested, apathetic.
Not employed; employed in unpaid labor, such as homemaking and childcare.
Not burdened with worries, cares or responsibilities.
Not being used; vacant or free
Not married and not involved in a romantic relationship.
Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.
Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
Not tapped; not drawn on in terms of resources.
Not utilized; unused.
Not needed or necessary.
(specifically) Of a student: absent from school without permission.
(intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
That has not been applied.
A state of readiness without immediate involvement; remaining in preparation for (a sudden or unforeseen event or situation).
Not exploited.
Facing downwards.
(predicative only) Inoperative, disabled.
The act of staying or remaining in expectation.
Not expended.
Not spent.
Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
Being or constituting a surplus; more than sufficient.
Lying on its back.
(obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
In a liquid state; melted or molten.
That intermediates.
Being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range.
A period of time when work or other activity is less intense or stops.
The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
(of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.
(physics, uncountable or countable) The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass.
(agriculture, uncountable) Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
(also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking.
Slow; having little motion.
Sluggish, slow.
lazy, lethargic or apathetic
The idle behaviour of somebody who loafs.
(figurative) Without progress or change; stale; inactive.
Inactive, quiet, at rest.
Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or liveliness.
At rest, stationary, immobile, not moving.
Not working or functioning; either idle or broken.
Not engaged; at leisure; free from occupation or attachment; unconnected; detached.
A significant side glance; a glance expressive of some passion, as malignity, amorousness, etc.; a sly or lecherous look.
Synonym of unemptied.