lax
1not strict or severe; careless or negligent: lax morals;a lax attitude toward discipline.
loose or slack; not tense, rigid, or firm: 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 tense1 (def. 4).
Origin of lax
1Other words from lax
- lax·ly, adverb
- lax·ness, noun
- o·ver·lax, adjective
- o·ver·lax·ly, adverb
- o·ver·lax·ness, noun
Other definitions for lax (2 of 2)
lacrosse: To handle my course load, I know I have to cut back on extracurricular activities, but no way am I giving up lax.
Origin of lax
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British Dictionary definitions for lax
/ (læks) /
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
Origin of lax
1Derived forms of lax
- laxly, adverb
- laxity or laxness, noun
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