lazier

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lazier - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     2. Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream.
        "The night owl's lazy flight." --Shak.
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     3. Wicked; vicious. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --B. Jonson.
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     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        extension, originally made for picking up something at a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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