Words To Describe Laziness

noun lack of ambition or initiative; laziness

• The company's productivity was hindered by the shiftlessness of some employees.
• His shiftlessness at work is really starting to annoy me.
• I can't stand his shiftlessness, he never does anything productive.
• The garden was overrun with weeds, a visual representation of the shiftlessness that had taken hold of the household.

noun a lazy person who stays in bed late

adjective relating to or characteristic of a slugabed

• The slugabed refused to get out of bed even though the sun was already high in the sky.
• My roommate is such a slugabed, he sleeps in until noon every day.
• Stop being a slugabed and get up, we have things to do!
• Being a slugabed in life will only lead to missed opportunities and regrets.