lax Definition
lax (laks)
adjective
- loose; emptying easily: said of the bowels
- having lax bowels
- slack; of a loose texture; not rigid or tight
- not strict or exact; careless lax morals
- Bot. loose; open: said of a flower cluster
- Phonet. articulated with the jaw and tongue muscles relatively relaxed: said of certain vowels, as (e) and (i)
Etymology: ME < L laxus < IE base *(s)lēg-, loose, lax > slack
noun
a lax vowel
lax Related Forms
lax′ly adverb
lax′·ness noun
LAX Definition
LAX
Los Angeles International Airport
lax Synonyms
lax Usage Examples
Preposition: at
time: I imagine the security was very lax at this time in the camps.
Preposition: in
fact: We took into there three years ago lax in fact.
Modifies a noun
- attitude: A lax attitude could prejudice the safety of your passengers.
- enforcement: But in practice women workers ' rights in Morocco continue to be flouted because of lax labor law enforcement.
- security: In the run-up to the attack there had been very lax security among the Free French.
- regulation: But faced with criticism of lax regulations, the ministry plans to make the assessment mandatory next April.
- moral: March 1996 Big screen politics Christopher Tookey Conservatives attack Hollywood for lax morals and liberal politics.
- regime: At the same time an extremely lax regulatory regime for additives has emerged.
Modifying Another Word
- notoriously: The FDA has been notoriously lax in dealing with the misuse of drugs in the dairy industry.
- somewhat: Sorry I've been somewhat lax these last few months.
- too: With the benefit of hindsight, we can indeed debate whether the levels agreed were too strict or too lax.
- fairly: Up to the beginning of 2002 I had been fairly lax in pursuing breaches of copyright - simply requesting the removal of the data.
- rather: In fact, we appear to be rather lax on the matter.
- relatively: Many US companies set up branch offices in Canada to take advantage of the relatively lax bribery laws there.
Used with adjective complement
- become: They had therefore become lax in what they were offering to God.
- grow: Consequently, I began to grow lax in complying with the requirements of the formal prayers.
- get: If you've gotten lax about learning, embrace this opportunity.
- seem: It seems quite lax of him to go get eaten is that a problem with logic or just me being picky?
- appear: But many of the voters came from outside, and identity checks on voters appeared lax.
- offer: Offer much laxer the wpt is is provided by.
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