Slackness - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |sˈlæknəs|  American pronunciation of the word slackness
Brit.  |ˈslæknəs|  British pronunciation of the word slackness

noun

- weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy (syn: inanition, lassitude, lethargy)
- the quality of being loose (not taut) (syn: slack)
he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope
- the quality of being lax and neglectful (syn: laxity, remissness)

Extra examples

He should have rattled his officer-of-the-watch for slackness. (S. W. Ryder)

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