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   Lazy , 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.]
   Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.
   Bacon.
   
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   Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream. “The night owl's lazy flight.” 
   Shak.
   
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   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   Lazy tongs, a system of jointed bars capable of great extension, originally made for picking up something at a distance, now variously applied in machinery.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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