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| 1. | [ adjective ] lacking in rigor or strictness | |
| Synonyms: | slack | |
| Examples: | "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable" "lax in attending classes" "slack in maintaining discipline" |
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| Related terms: | negligent | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] lacking in strength or firmness or resilience | |
| Synonyms: | limp slack flaccid | |
| Examples: | "flaccid muscles" "took his lax hand in hers" "gave a limp handshake" "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton "a slack grip" |
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| Related terms: | weak | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] tolerant or lenient | |
| Synonyms: | indulgent soft lenient | |
| Examples: | "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children" "procedures are lax and discipline is weak" "too soft on the children" |
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| Related terms: | permissive | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] not taut or rigid; not stretched or held tight | |
| Examples: | "a lax rope" |
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| Related terms: | tense loose drooping loose-jointed tensionless relaxed floppy loose | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] (phonetics) pronounced with muscles relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet') | |
| Related terms: | tense phonetics | |
| 6. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 11506 | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] emptying easily or excessively | |
| Synonyms: | loose | |
| Examples: | "loose bowels" |
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| Related terms: | unconstipated | |
| Similar spelling: |
Laux lac lag Lach Laci lack lacy Lage Lago laic Lake lakh lace lash Laos lazy Lazo lass laze Laws Lacey Lazio Lacie Lacko Lawes laugh Lauck Lague Lasso laius Lassa Lakey Lakia Lasky Laozi Lasch Laska Lasko |
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