lax

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Scandinavian name for salmon; see also gravadlax; lox.

adjective

1. Not strict or severe: charitable, clement, easy, forbearing, indulgent, lenient, merciful, soft, tolerant. See accept/reject.
2. Guilty of neglect; lacking due care or concern: derelict, neglectful, negligent, remiss, slack. See careful/careless.
3. Not tautly bound, held, or fastened: loose, relaxed, slack. See tighten/loosen.

adj

Definition: slack
Antonyms: careful, stern

adj

Definition: slack, remiss
Antonyms: hard, rigid, strict, tight

A term used to describe growth or habit that is loose or floppy.

IN BRIEF: Not strict.

The dress code for the school is pretty lax if someone is allowed to wear such short shorts.

Tutor's tip: What the company "lacks" (is deficient of) in employee compensation it makes up for in it's "lax" (relaxed, not rigid) attendance rules.

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For a list of words related to lax, see:

• Phonetics - lax: (adj) designating vowel pronounced with muscles relatively relaxed
• Giving, Trusting, Innocent, or Generous

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - slap, løs

Nederlands (Dutch)
laks, slap, slordig, losjes, ongespannen, loslijvig

Français (French)
adj. - laxiste, relâché, (Phon) lâche, (Méd) relâché

Deutsch (German)
adj. - lax

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - χαλαρός (κν. μπόσικος, λάσκος), χαλαρωμένος, όχι εντατικός, αμελής, άτακτος, έκλυτος

Italiano (Italian)
rilassato, negligente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - frouxo, flácido, indulgente, negligente

Русский (Russian)
вялый, небрежный, нестрогий, неплотный, неточный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - flojo, negligente, descuidado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - slapp, lös, vag, obestämd, släpphänt, lättsinnig, slarvig, slak, porös

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
松的, 不严格的, 松懈的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 鬆的, 不嚴格的, 鬆懈的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 엄하지 않은, 해이한, 미지근한 , 애매한 , 늘어진

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 厳しくない, だらしのない, 緩んだ, ゆるい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مصاب بإسهال, غير صارم, منتحل, مهمل, رخو, لين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מרושל, רפוי, לא מקפיד, רפה‬

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