Lazy
Lazy adjective - Not easily aroused to action or work.
Pushing
Pushing adjective - Having a strong desire for personal advancement.
Usage example: among the young associates at the law firm, he was unmistakably the most pushing
Both words in one sentence
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True, Shawn is lazy and often needs pushing, but it is still excessive insistence on controlling his process given Shawn's demonstrable effectiveness.
Source: Series / Psych -
Mystic Force averts it due to lazy editing: the Magiranger button-pushing footage is seldom altered, so the proper spell is never entered, and you'll even have three magic words said as four buttons are pushed.
Source: Franchise / Power Rangers -
Brilliant, but Lazy: If you marry Nami, your child will have generally high strengths, but generally low interests — meaning he (or she, in Special Edition) could be good at almost any career, but requires a lot of pushing from you to actually try.
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