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Word entry · 4 letters

lazy

Best crossword clue

"Avoiding effort"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/Part of speech adjectiveSorted alyzStarts with LEnds with Y2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. disinclined to work or exertion

Word origin

Attested since 1540, origin uncertain. Probably from Low German and Middle Low German lasich (“slack, feeble, lazy”), from las, from Old Saxon lask, from Proto-Germanic *lasiwaz, *laskaz (“feeble, weak”), from Proto-Indo-European *las- (“weak”).

Used in a sentence

  • Get out of bed, you lazy lout!
  • "I'm too lazy," he said. "My wife says I'm the laziest man in all Oz, and she is a truthful woman. I hate work of any kind, and making a raft is hard work."
  • I love staying inside and reading on a lazy Sunday.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Avoiding effort4 letters
02Unwilling to work4 letters

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