lax
easy-going, not strict
TRANSLATION
lax: locker laxity, laxness: die Lässigkeit laxative: abführend laxative: das Abführmittel
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The report said there was far too little attention paid to many environmental issues, including water, even though supplies in parts of the South East are already too low. Regulations designed to ensure energy-efficient buildings are too LAX, and builders routinely ignore them anyway, it said.
(BBC News - 30 January, 2005)
(BBC News - 30 January, 2005)
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know?
Lax means:
1. Lacking in rigor, strictness, or firmness. Synonym = negligent.
2. Not taut, firm, or compact; slack. Synonym = loose.
3. Loose and not easily retained or controlled. Used of bowel movements.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English, from Latin laxus, loose, lax.
1. Lacking in rigor, strictness, or firmness. Synonym = negligent.
2. Not taut, firm, or compact; slack. Synonym = loose.
3. Loose and not easily retained or controlled. Used of bowel movements.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English, from Latin laxus, loose, lax.
