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 sluggish job market has shut out new entrants and left people like Ruiz feeling stuck.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The labor market in the spring had been showing signs of improvement after a sluggish 2025, even as inflation remained well above the central bank's 2% target.
    — Yun Li,Sean Conlon,Hugh Leask, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of sluggish
Adjective
  • The expansion to California’s film and TV tax credit program hasn’t notably curbed lethargic production levels in Los Angeles, at least not yet.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026
  • If your dog is stumbling, lethargic, vomiting, collapses or is unresponsive, contact a vet immediately while working to cool down your dog.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 16 July 2026
Definition of lethargic
Adjective
  • SpaceX employs about 5,000 people directly in the Brownsville region and has transformed a sleepy border area into an aerospace powerhouse.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026
  • This week, kids will learn some new dance moves, maybe even find a new favorite sleepy time song.
    — Parents, Parents, 31 July 2026
Definition of sleepy
Adjective
  • Like the Chinese test facility, the KRONOS design uses inert helium rather than liquid water to cool the reactor core.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026
  • This summer alone, TSA has found two live smoke grenades, an inert grenade, a pipe bomb look-alike and a samurai sword hidden in a guitar case.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Definition of inert
Adjective
  • If that’s the impact of a subpar season for a secondary sport, the cost of an apathetic November without College Football Playoff dreams would be even more damaging for the sushi joints and clothing shops that rise and fall on football weekends.
    — Matt Baker, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • Women weren't interested, as is typically the case with superhero films, and men were either put off by Alcock's divisive comments, or apathetic after seeing the underwhelming trailers.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of apathetic
Adjective
  • Experts believe the volcano is currently in a quiescent state, but researchers monitor it around the clock.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • For galaxies with a quiescent supermassive black hole, astronomers measure how quickly the stars tightly packed near the center of the galaxy are traveling.
    — Mary Ogborn, The Conversation, 25 June 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
  • In Los Angeles, Dees describes the shift as palpable—a welcome resurgence after what had been an otherwise listless start to the year.
    — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Republican pollsters and political groups are raising the alarm that their party faces a listless and demotivated base ahead of November’s midterm elections.
    — Liz Goodwin, Washington Post, 26 July 2026
Definition of listless
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