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   lax

   /laks/

   adjective

   • 1. not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful: "lax security arrangements at the airport"
   • 2. (of the limbs or muscles) relaxed: "muscles have more potential energy when they are stretched than when they are lax"
   • ▪ (of the bowels) loose.
   • ▪ (of a speech sound, especially a vowel) pronounced with the vocal muscles relaxed. "the merger of tense and lax vowels before ‘l’"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘loose’, said of the bowels): from Latin laxus.

   Derivatives

   • 1. laxly adverb
   • 2. laxness noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • L

     1

   • A

     1

   • X

     8

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMeaning of lax in English - Cambridge Dictionary

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   LAX definition: 1. without much care, attention, or control: 2. not severe or strong enough: 3. loose rather than…. Learn more.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryLAX | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   LAX meaning: 1. without much care, attention, or control: 2. not severe or strong enough: 3. loose rather than…. Learn more.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishLAX | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary - Cambridge...

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   LAX definition: not careful enough or not well controlled: . Learn more.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryLAX | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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   LAX meaning: not careful enough or not well controlled: . Learn more.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › english-chinese-traditionalLAX in Traditional Chinese - Cambridge Dictionary

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   LAX translate: 馬虎的, 不嚴格的；不嚴厲的, 鬆音的. Learn more in the Cambridge English-Chinese traditional Dictionary.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › ja › dictionaryLAX | 意味, Cambridge 英語辞書での定義

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   LAX 意味, 定義, LAX は何か: 1. without much care, attention, or control: 2. not severe or strong enough: 3. loose rather than…. もっと見る

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › thesaurus › laxLAX - 70 Synonyms and Antonyms - Cambridge English

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   LAX - Synonyms, related words and examples | Cambridge English Thesaurus

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › es › diccionarioSignificado de lax en inglés - Cambridge Dictionary

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   LAX Significado, definición, qué es LAX: 1. without much care, attention, or control: 2. not severe or strong enough: 3. loose rather than…. Aprender más.

10. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMeaning of laxity in English - Cambridge Dictionary

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    LAXITY definition: 1. behaviour that shows little care, attention, or control: 2. the quality of not being severe or…. Learn more.

11. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryLAXITY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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    LAXITY meaning: 1. behaviour that shows little care, attention, or control: 2. the quality of not being severe or…. Learn more.