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lax
1[ laks ]
adjective
- not strict or severe; careless or negligent: a lax attitude toward discipline.
lax morals;
a lax attitude toward discipline.
- loose or slack; not tense, rigid, or firm: a lax handshake.
a lax rope;
a lax handshake.
- not rigidly exact or precise; vague:
lax ideas.
- open, loose, or not retentive, as diarrheal bowels.
- (of a person) having the bowels unusually loose or open.
- open or not compact; having a loosely cohering structure; porous:
lax tissue;
lax texture.
- Phonetics. (of a vowel) articulated with relatively relaxed tongue muscles. Compare tense 1( def 4 ).
lax
2[ laks ]
noun
To handle my course load, I know I have to cut back on extracurricular activities, but no way am I giving up lax.
lax
/ æ /
adjective
- lacking firmness; not strict
- lacking precision or definition
- not taut
- phonetics (of a speech sound) pronounced with little muscular effort and consequently having relatively imprecise accuracy of articulation and little temporal duration. In English the vowel i in bit is lax
- (of flower clusters) having loosely arranged parts
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adverb
- ˈ澱ٲ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- · adverb
- ·Ա noun
- ·· adjective
- o·ver·· adverb
- o·ver··Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lax1
Origin of lax2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lax1
Example Sentences
That can add a layer of complexity to planning and coordination, however, which may have led to lax security system standards.
It seems the officials involved in the scandal want to deny it ever happened in the hopes that the news cycle will move on before they face any consequences for their lax security.
The Santa Cruz County resolution echoes a growing body of complaints of lax oversight by the Department of Cannabis Control, but which have yet to draw legislative intervention.
He had managed to swoop from his cage when the keeper who cleaned out the enclosure was a little lax in ensuring he'd closed the door properly.
But enforcement was lax anyway, not least because the police themselves liked a tipple.
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