Lax meaning

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The definition of lax is being relaxed or not strict.

An example of lax is a parent who does not give her child a curfew.

An example of lax is a person who doesn't read over an essay before turning it in.

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Lacking in rigor, strictness, or firmness.
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Not taut, firm, or compact; slack.
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Loose and not easily retained or controlled. Used of bowel movements.
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Pronounced with the muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed, as the vowel (ĕ) in let.
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Lacrosse.
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Slack; of a loose texture; not rigid or tight.
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Not strict or exact; careless.

Lax morals.

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Loose; open.
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Articulated with the jaw and tongue muscles relatively relaxed.
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A lax vowel.
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Los Angeles International Airport.
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Not taut, firm, or compact; slack.
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Loose and not easily retained or controlled. Used of bowel movements.
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IATA airport code for Los Angeles International Airport.
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Origin of lax

  • Middle English from Latin laxus loose, lax slēg- in Indo-European roots
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Lax Sentence Examples

  • Deidre sighed, her body going lax once more.

  • Never let go of that privacy or be lax with your security.

  • He saw Jews, Saracens, heretics and apostates roaming through Spain unmolested; and in this lax toleration of religious differences he thought he saw the main obstacle to the political union of the Spains, which was the necessity of the hour.

  • The next step was to force the confessors to accept their lax interpretation of the law; and this was accomplished by their famous theory of probabilism - first taught in Spain about 1580.

  • Jade's jaw grew lax before he managed to speak.

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