how to pronounce lazy

/ˈlɛɪziː/

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lazy is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of lazy in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… being lazy because now I'm not in …”

meaning of lazy

Lazy means not willing to work or exert effort.

lazy frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word lazy occurs in english on average 29.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics lazy can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that lazy can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;