slackadaisical

adj

Etymology

Blend of slack + lackadaisical.

Definitions

  1. Slipshod and lazy

    Slipshod and lazy; lacking diligence and effort.

    • Usually it is when a co-worker is making a mess of things, you know it, and your own workload is increasing in a direct inverse ratio to his slackadaisical ways.
    • But they're worlds apart from the bleary, slackadaisical euphoria of Happy Mondays.
    • Ah, the simple and majestic bean bag; this stalwart of youth, this icon of a slackadaisical generation, like a sceptered isle of laziness awash in the mellow fruitfulness of simpler days.

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