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 luxury market is still facing a sluggish recovery, particularly in China, as consumers only become more selective about spending.
    — Yiling Pan, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
  • However, the stock is unlikely to sustain that momentum due to sluggish sales of its latest mobile phones, the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, per Baruah.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of sluggish
Adjective
  • The national committee has faced a host of criticism from other Democrats for its lethargic fundraising, including calls for DNC Chair Ken Martin to step down that have so far gone unheeded.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The show was also horribly paced, with way too many pointless instrumental spotlights that somehow managed to come across as both showy and lethargic at the same time.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of lethargic
Adjective
  • What was once a boring, sleepy issue where the PUC made decisions more or less in a vacuum is no longer the case.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • On what had been something of a sleepy early Saturday afternoon for the Washington Capitals, Ryan Leonard suddenly produced a scintillating effort that ignited the home team.
    — Des Bieler, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of sleepy
Adjective
  • If there were any more life to the filmmaking, this tension could least be interesting, but the results are both perky and inert, unreal but entirely unmoored in time and space.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Plastic has long been considered chemically inert, but in a new lab study, tiny plastic particles in water spontaneously produced highly reactive molecules.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of inert
Adjective
  • An ‘apathetic polarization’ The vote comes at a time of deep polarization among the electorate, who are slower to engage than in previous races.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
  • That apathetic approach, which starts off pretty funny, becomes increasingly vexing, especially when the film takes a turn that requires some actual fire from Johnson’s performance.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of apathetic
Adjective
  • As in The History of New York, the Dutch patriarchs are invariably idle and quiescent.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Experts believe the volcano is currently in a quiescent state, but researchers monitor it around the clock.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Definition of quiescent
Adjective
  • Allergy drugs can ease those symptoms and make people drowsy, potentially offering relief from insomnia.
    — Kara Smythe, EverydayHealth.com, 15 May 2026
  • Fleets that deployed the company's AI dash cams, which detect drowsy or distracted driving, saw a 73% reduction in accidents after 30 months, according to company data from more than 2,600 customers.
    — TIME Contributors, Time, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of drowsy
Adjective
  • The Chargers, meantime, opened with three losses for the first time since 2017, and feature a listless, sputtering offense that lacks finish under first-year offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • In her final years, disappointed visitors reportedly threw sand into her cage to try to make the listless bird move, as author Joel Greenberg recounted to National Geographic.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of listless
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