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Laziest

Lazy \La"zy\, a. [Compar. Lazier; superl. Laziest.] [OE. lasie, laesic, of uncertain origin; cf. F. las tired, L. lassus, akin to E. late; or cf. LG. losig, lesig.]

  1. Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.
    --Bacon.

  2. Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream. ``The night owl's lazy flight.''
    --Shak.

  3. Wicked; vicious. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
    --B. Jonson.

    Lazy tongs, a system of jointed bars capable of great extension, originally made for picking up something at a distance, now variously applied in machinery.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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laziest

a. (en-superlativelazy)

WordNet
lazy
  1. adj. moving slowly and gently; "up a lazy river"; "lazy white clouds"; "at a lazy pace"

  2. disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy" [syn: faineant, indolent, otiose, slothful, work-shy]

  3. [also: laziest, lazier]

laziest

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Usage examples of "laziest".

Gawd knows, his burros are the laziest that were ever born anywhere under heaven, and the most stubborn.