slacknessnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈslæk.nəs/us/ˈslæk.nəs/slackness noun [ U ] (NOT ACTIVE)
the state of being slower and less active than usual:
Low sales figures were partly because of normal mid-summer slackness in/of demand.
disapproving the fact that a person or organization is not working as well or as hard as they should:
The inspector criticized the slackness and incompetence of the staff.
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Laziness and lazy people
- bludger
- bone idle idiom
- bum around
- CBA
- clock-watching
- deadbeat
- doss
- idle
- inertia
- layabout
- lazy
- lazybones
- lie down on the job idiom
- loafer
- shirker
- skiver
- slacker
- slob
- sloth
- slug
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slackness noun [ U ] (NOT TIGHT)
the state of not being tight
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Flexible, loose and yielding
- adrift
- bendable
- bendy
- ductile
- elastic
- flowing
- jointed
- loose
- loose-fitting
- loosely
- looseness
- plastic
- spring
- springy
- sprung
- stretch
- stretchy
- supple
- tensile
- yield
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