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Definitions for Slackness

[1] not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
[2] negligent; careless; remiss: slack proofreading.
[3] slow, sluggish, or indolent: He is slack in answering letters.
[4] not active or busy; dull; not brisk: the slack season in an industry.
[5] moving very slowly, as the tide, wind, or water.
[6] weak; lax.
[7] Nautical . easy(def 15a) .
[8] in a slack manner.
[9] a slack condition or part.
[10] the part of a rope, sail, or the like, that hangs loose, without strain upon it.
[11] a decrease in activity, as in business or work: a sudden slack in output.
[12] a period of decreased activity.
[13] Geography . a cessation in a strong flow, as of a current at its turn.
[14] a depression between hills, in a hillside, or in the land surface.
[15] Prosody . (in sprung rhythm) the unaccented syllable or syllables.
[16] British Dialect . a morass; marshy ground; a hollow or dell with soft, wet ground at the bottom.
[17] to be remiss in respect to (some matter, duty, right, etc.); shirk; leave undone: He slacked the most important part.
[18] to make or allow to become less active, vigorous, intense, etc.; relax (efforts, labor, speed, etc.); lessen; moderate (often followed by up ).
[19] to make loose, or less tense or taut, as a rope; loosen (often followed by off or out ).
[20] to slake (lime).
[21] to be remiss; shirk one's duty or part.
[22] to become less active, vigorous, rapid, etc. (often followed by up ): Business is slacking up.
[23] to become less tense or taut, as a rope; to ease off.
[24] to become slaked, as lime.
[25] take up the slack , to pull in or make taut a loose section of a rope, line, wire, etc.: Take up the slack before releasing the kite. to provide or compensate for something that is missing or incomplete: New sources of oil will take up the slack resulting from the embargo.
[26] not tight, tense, or taut
[27] negligent or careless
[28] (esp of water, etc) moving slowly
[29] (of trade, etc) not busy
[30] phonetics another term for lax (def. 4)
[31] in a slack manner
[32] a part of a rope, etc, that is slack take in the slack
[33] a period of decreased activity
[34] a patch of water without current a slackening of a current
[35] prosody (in sprung rhythm) the unstressed syllable or syllables
[36] to neglect (one's duty, etc)
[37] (often foll by off) to loosen; to make slack
[38] chem a less common word for slake (def. 3)
[39] small pieces of coal with a high ash content

Words related to Slackness

slackoversight, remissness, laxness, inattention, thoughtlessness, laxity, forgetfulness, failure, disregard, neglect, unpreparedness

Words nearby Slackness

slackslab top, slab track, slab-sided, slabber, slabbery, slack, slack off, slack suit, slack water, slack-baked, slack-jawed

Origin of Slackness

1before 900; Middle English slac (adj.), Old English sleac, slæc; cognate with Old Norse slakr, Old High German slach, Latin laxus lax

Other words from Slackness

slack·ing·ly , adverb
slack·ly , adverb
slack·ness , noun
un·slacked , adjective
un·slack·ing , adjective

Word origin for Slackness

C15: probably from Middle Low German slecke; related to Dutch slak, German Schlacke dross

Synonyms for Slackness

disregard, failure, forgetfulness, heedlessness, inattention, inattentiveness, laxity, laxness, neglect, neglectfulness, oversight, remissness, thoughtlessness, unpreparedness