lazyish

adjective

Definition of lazyishnext
as in sluggish

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  1. sluggish
  2. lethargic
  3. sleepy
  4. inert
  5. apathetic
  6. quiescent
  7. drowsy
  8. listless
Adjective
  • For some, genetic predispositions may disrupt appetite regulation; for others, a sluggish metabolism might be the culprit.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • It’s widely seen as a tactical partnership to shut out far-right nationalists whose voices found fertile ground amid high living costs and a sluggish economy.
    Stephen McGrath and Vadim Ghirda, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of sluggish
Adjective
  • The experience spurs a lethargic Gi-hun into action.
    Kayti Burt, TIME, 24 Dec. 2024
  • According to a statement from the zoo, 55-year-old Patti — who was considered geriatric compared to the 36.7-year median life expectancy of hippos living in human care — was reluctant to move out of her pool on Saturday, Nov. 9, and appeared lethargic.
    Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of lethargic
Adjective
  • Now, the future of Daboll and Schoen (and planes with messages to Mara flying over the Meadowlands) is the only reason to pay any attention to the sleepy Giants.
    Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024
  • It can be said that the Blue Jackets, after a string of sleepy performances, played with a pace and energy that had been missing.
    Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of sleepy
Adjective
  • Originally supposed to fly Sierra Space Dream Chaser test flight, but payload switched to an inert mass simulator because of potential Dream Chaser delays beyond October launch date.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In highly resource scarce communities, such as the desert tribes of the Sahara, the mineral commodity of choice was not an inert metal like gold but a compound formed by one of the most reactive metals in the periodic table – sodium.
    Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of inert
Adjective
  • Analysts say that the candidates’ lackluster campaigns failed to entice apathetic young people and generated unusual levels of voter indecision.
    Nayara Batschke, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
  • While failing to entice apathetic young voters and generating extraordinary indecision, Uruguay's lackluster electoral campaigns steered clear of the anti-establishment fury that has vaulted populist outsiders to power elsewhere in the world, like in the United States and neighboring Argentina.
    NAYARA BATSCHKE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of apathetic
Adjective
  • In a quantum era like this one, the quiescent forces pose serious threats to financial and infrastructure systems.
    Dr. Reji Thomas, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • But in just the last few years, that quiescent period ended in dramatic fashion as a string of major eruptions sent lava flowing toward many of these sites.
    Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Aug. 2024
Definition of quiescent
Adjective
  • Fatigue Being tired at the end of the day or drowsy at bedtime is not the same thing as fatigue, which is more severe than simply feeling tired.
    Nancy LeBrun, Verywell Health, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Improving Detectors’ Effectiveness According to the Foundation for Traffic Safety, 17 percent of all fatal crashes involve a drowsy driver.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of drowsy
Adjective
  • By the time the prosecution presented another version of the Vasquez video, broken into fourteen hundred and sixty-five frames, on PowerPoint slides, which show Penny and Neely’s struggle even more clearly, the jurors had begun to resemble listless schoolchildren.
    Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Looking listless from the opening, the Sharks allowed five goals in the first period and never recovered in an unsightly 8-1 loss to the Lightning at Amalie Arena.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of listless
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