| ADJECTIVE | all | lax, slack | lacking in rigor or strictness |
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| all | lax | pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in 'bet') | |
| all | lax | lacking in strength or firmness or resilience | |
| all | lax, loose | emptying easily or excessively |
| Sounds | lae'ks | |
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| Rhymes | Acts ... Zovirax: 33 rhymes with aeks... | |
| Meaning | lacking in rigor or strictness. | |
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| Synonym | slack | |
| Broader | negligent | Characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern |
| Spanish | descuidado | |
| Catalan | descuidat | |
| Nouns | laxness, laxity | the quality of being lax and neglectful |
| Adverbs | laxly | in a permissively lenient manner |
| Meaning | pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in 'bet'). | |
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| Category | phonetics | The branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis |
| Opposite | tense | pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in 'beat') |
| Spanish | laxo | |
| Catalan | lax | |
| Meaning | Lacking in strength or firmness or resilience. | |
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| Example | "a lax rope" | |
| Narrower | drooping, droopy, sagging | hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness) |
| floppy | hanging limply | |
| limp | Lacking in strength or firmness or resilience | |
| loose, slack | not tense or taut | |
| loose-jointed | Loosely articulated or constructed | |
| tensionless | Free from tension | |
| wilted | (of plants) limp due to heat, loss of water, or disease | |
| See also | loose | not tight |
| Opposite | tense | taut or rigid |
| Spanish | laxo, suelto | |
| Catalan | lax | |
| Nouns | laxness | the condition of being physiologically lax |
| Meaning | Emptying easily or excessively. | |
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| Synonym | loose | |
| Broader | unconstipated, regular | not constipated |
| Nouns | laxness | the condition of being physiologically lax |
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