Indolent vs. Lazy

By Jaxson

  • Indolent (adjective)

    Habitually procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor

    “The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.”

  • Indolent (adjective)

    Inducing laziness

    “indolent comfort”

  • Indolent (adjective)

    Causing little or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.)

  • Indolent (adjective)

    Healing slowly

  • Lazy (adjective)

    Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.

    “Get out of bed, you lazy lout!”

  • Lazy (adjective)

    Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.

    “I love staying inside and reading on a lazy Sunday.”

  • Lazy (adjective)

    Sluggish; slow-moving.

    “We strolled along beside a lazy stream.”

  • Lazy (adjective)

    Lax:

  • Lazy (adjective)

    Droopy.

    “a lazy-eared rabbit”

  • Lazy (adjective)

    Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical.

  • Lazy (adjective)

    Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.

    “a lazy algorithm”

  • Lazy (adjective)

    Wicked; vicious.

  • Lazy (verb)

    To laze, act in a lazy manner.

  • Lazy (noun)

    A lazy person.

  • Lazy (noun)

    Sloth (animal).

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