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US
/ˌɫækəˈdeɪzɪkəɫ/
]
[ UK /lˌækɐdˈeɪzɪkəl/ ]
[ UK /lˌækɐdˈeɪzɪkəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way
a...lackadaisical, spiritless young man-about-town
she was annoyingly lackadaisical and impractical -
lacking spirit or liveliness
a languid wave of the hand
a languid mood
a lackadaisical attempt
a hot languorous afternoon
How To Use lackadaisical In A Sentence
- Crepuscular , the setting sun lies lackadaisically horizon, incompact give out gentle ray slow.
- It's hard to tell with Brazil whether their lackadaisical nonchalance is nerviness, or that's just who they are. David Henry Sterry: World Cup 2010: What We've Learned and What Must Be Done
- The best thing about a remix is its ability to turn a lackadaisical song into something unstoppable.
- The President is remarkably lackadaisical about finding the senior administration official who leaked the identity of a CIA operative.
- a...lackadaisical, spiritless young man-about-town
- He noted that due to what he termed the lackadaisical attitude of the Minister toward the suggestion of the council, the private aircraft industry has moved to establish its own search and rescue unit. Caribbean Net News Daily Headlines
- They are the platform of the procrastinator, the dias of the dawdler, the lectern of the lackadaisical. Archive 2009-03-01
- This fresh minty morning, with its lackadaisical "cricketing," counterbalances so much caffeine, suggesting a new rhythm. Guidon - French Word-A-Day
- I think we came in lackadaisical in the first half," Kansas NCAA Division I College Football - Kansas State vs. Arizona State
- In recent days, a host of voices (Republican and Democratic alike) began speaking out more forcefully with concern that the administration had taken a seemingly "lackadaisical" approach towards containing and cleaning up the Gulf spill. Robert Gibbs Defends White House On Oil Spill Response