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Lackadaisical Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Lackadaisical has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

lacking spirit or liveliness

"a lackadaisical attempt"

"a languid mood"

"a languid wave of the hand"

"a hot languorous afternoon"

2

idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way

"she was annoyingly lackadaisical and impractical"

"a...lackadaisical, spiritless young man-about-town"

3

Showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm.

Example Sentences
"a lackadaisical attempt" adjective
"a languid mood" adjective
"a languid wave of the hand" adjective
"a hot languorous afternoon" adjective
"she was annoyingly lackadaisical and impractical" adjective
"a...lackadaisical, spiritless young man-about-town" adjective
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Rhyming Words
cal ical kcal fecal jacal bocal decal mucal focal local cocal ducal cecal tical vocal socal mescal plical fiscal laical
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