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Lax

Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber.

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Similar meaning 16

Drooping 84% connected

of Droop

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Drooping 84% connected

of Droop

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Floppy 84% connected

Having a tendency to flop or flap; as, a floppy hat brim.

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Floppy 84% connected

Having a tendency to flop or flap; as, a floppy hat brim.

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Limp 84% connected

To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively.

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Limp 84% connected

To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively.

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Loose 84% connected

Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

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Loose 84% connected

Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Negligent 84% connected

Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed i…

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Negligent 84% connected

Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed i…

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Regular 84% connected

Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular…

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Regular 84% connected

Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular…

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Sagging 84% connected

of Sag

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Sagging 84% connected

of Sag

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Slack 84% connected

Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

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Slack 84% connected

Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

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Derivationally related 4

Laxity 74% connected

The state or quality of being lax; want of tenseness, strictness, or exactness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Laxity 74% connected

The state or quality of being lax; want of tenseness, strictness, or exactness.

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Laxness 74% connected

The state of being lax; laxity.

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Laxness 74% connected

The state of being lax; laxity.

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See also 2

Loose 66% connected

Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

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Loose 66% connected

Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

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Synonym 2

Loose 92% connected

Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slack 92% connected

Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tense 94% connected

One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modi…

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Tense 94% connected

One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modi…

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