laxity
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sɪ noun
the state or quality of being lax; looseness.
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lax (læks) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | lacking firmness; not strict |
| 2. | lacking precision or definition |
| 3. | not taut |
| 4. | 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 |
| 5. | (of flower clusters) having loosely arranged parts |
| [C14 (originally used with reference to the bowels): from Latin laxus loose] | |
| 'laxly | |
| —adv | |
| 'laxity | |
| —n | |
| 'laxness | |
| —n | |
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Laxity
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Example sentences
But in the long run today's fiscal laxity is unsustainable.
Government auditors and the media found fraud in the distribution of benefits and laxity in the monitoring of conditions.
But it also has milder forms of the fiscal laxity, labour rigidities and trade deficits that plague the periphery.
It would not be the first time that their pursuit of loan origination fees has led to laxity in their credit judgments.
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