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
  • The car lobby group, which represents the likes of BMW, Ferrari, Renault, Volkswagen and Volvo, said in late November that action is necessary to further support the industry, citing sluggish EV demand and a deteriorating economic climate.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
  • While the government’s response was sluggish at first, the Clean Air Act of 1956, passed in response to the Great Smog, heavily regulated the burning of coal and established smoke-free urban areas throughout England.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of sluggish
Adjective
  • Pets with salmonella infections may be lethargic and have diarrhea, bloody diarrhea, fever and vomiting.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Earlier this month, a post on a Bay View neighborhood Facebook group showed a lethargic raccoon near Delaware Avenue.
    Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of lethargic
Adjective
  • The trio is tasked with completing magical tasks in order to earn a place back in their sleepy Massachusetts town.
    Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
  • And that has a lot to do with nourishing your soul and staying in a place of curiosity and not sleepy.
    Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of sleepy
Adjective
  • Dexter’s body was motionless, inert, pre-Rigor mortis.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Dec. 2024
  • 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, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of inert
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
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
  • Each of the systems is trained to pick up on different combinations of signs that a driver is drowsy.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2024
  • None of these measures will fly if the beliefs around drowsy driving do not change.
    Lieke ten Brummelhuis, Forbes, 5 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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