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Meanings of lax in English
Synonyms
Examples for "limp"
Examples for "limp"
1
I repeat, this is a pathetically limp showing from Europe so far.
2
That was two years ago, and he's still walkin' with a limp.
3
Then his hand dropped, suddenly limp, the power he'd held draining away.
4
His body, suddenly limp in hers; and high above, the greatest wonder.
5
The robot's barrellike body inclined forward as he examined the limp form.
1
Note the flaccid paunch, the withered top, and the foolish, hysterical face.
2
Though they were not large their flaccid bluntness made them seem clumsy.
3
A flaccid Scotch egg and a tooth-shattering pastie were often cradled home.
4
The larva, at first plump and active, suddenly becomes flaccid and inert.
5
He multiplied his intellectual force by detaching from it all flaccid interests.
Usage of lax in English
1
The government must also address issues including power cuts and lax security.
2
But several in Greece say Tsipras's more lax policies are to blame.
3
After years of lax enforcement, we're finally seeing this standardization at work.
4
And people are very 'lax' about from where they get their information.
5
The state of morals in these parts is in some sort lax.
6
Housing officials say they cannot be forced out because of lax laws.
7
Now, however, he noted that security in the district was unusually lax.
8
Their training was imperfect; their discipline was lax; their courage was low.
9
You may even feel that you've been taking a rather lax approach.
10
A series of banking scandals and lax regulation had crippled the economy.
11
With no immediate threat of attack from without, the guards were lax.
12
I loathed the lax, cheap honor of the world and its hypocrisy.
13
Ryan relayed a complex story of lax rental agreements and changing proprietorship.
14
Your former masters were lax and allowed untamed elements into the populace.
15
But the gate stood wide-open, and the guards looked lax and bored.
16
The grip on her throat grew lax, the hands left it free.
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Lax through the time
Lax across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common