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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.
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
Other Word Forms
- laxly adverb
- laxness noun
- overlax adjective
- overlaxly adverb
- overlaxness noun
- ˈ adverb
- ˈ澱ٲ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of lax1
Origin of lax2
Word History and Origins
Origin of lax1
Example Sentences
A 2023 Department of Justice report found that Epstein was able to kill himself a little over a month after he was taken into federal custody because of lax oversight at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
“There is a bit of truth in the sense that the U.S. has been somehow lax in terms of how much processing you allow for food and how much additional ingredients you have,” Chaccour said.
At Desert View, staff were lax in managing infectious diseases, the report said, while at Mesa Verde, detainees experienced prolonged wait times for critical off-site care.
Deadly fires are often reported in buildings in Indian cities, with poor planning and lax enforcement of safety regulations playing a role.
But Chu said he believes the entertainment industry has been too lax about tech companies’ ethically questionable training methods since the advent of generative AI, calling the unauthorized use of Hollywood creations an “original sin.”
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