Inaction vs Lazy - What's the difference?
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As a noun inaction is want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness. As a verb lazy is .
inaction English
Noun
( en noun)
Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness; rest; inertness.
Related terms
* inactive
* inactively
* inactivity
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lazy English
Adjective
( er)
Unwilling to do work or make an effort.
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Requiring little or no effort.
Relaxed or leisurely.
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(label) Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.
(label) Turned so that the letter is horizontal instead of vertical.
(label) Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.
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wicked; vicious
- (Ben Jonson)
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "lazy" is often applied: person, man, woman, bastard, morning, day, time, way.
Synonyms
* (unwilling to work) bone-idle, idle, indolent, slothful, work-shy
* See also
Derived terms
* laze
* laziness
* lazybones
* lazy evaluation
* lazy eye
* lazy Susan
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