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US
/ˈfɫækɪd, ˈfɫæksɪd/
]
[ UK /flˈæsɪd/ ]
[ UK /flˈæsɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
drooping without elasticity; wanting in stiffness
a flaccid penis -
out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance
flaccid cheeks
flabby around the middle
he was too soft for the army
How To Use flaccid In A Sentence
- In the case of the anti-deficit campaign, flaccid fiscal management was a weakness to be strenuously avoided.
- The striated-muscle part of the esophageal body is flaccid at rest.
- Higher exposures (any route) cause loss of consciousness, seizures, muscle fasciculations, flaccid paralysis, copious secretions, apnea, and death. WN.com - Articles related to Kill weeds with help from the sun
- By then, our personalities - soft, giving and flaccid - have already solidified, which renders any effort to stiffen our sinews impotent.
- The word "flaccid" was never used when you referred to me. Jennifer and John Lehr: He Said, She Said: What Happens at Yaddo Doesn't Stay at Yaddo
- Shortly after death all the muscles in the body become soft and flaccid.
- The exposure of the upper person shows the size and tumidity of the areola, even in young girls; being unsupported, the mammae soon become flaccid. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo
- Shaking his head, he plopped him onto his horse with extreme difficulty then rose up behind him, clasping the flaccid body to his chest.
- Has the mainstream media gone flaccid -- or MIA -- in vetting candidates, particularly first-time candidates with no public record? Garry South: Where Is the Media's Record on Fiorina at Hewlett Packard?
- Her body has the appearance of a carcass, flaccid and dead.