lackadaisical
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adjective \ˌla-kə-ˈdā-zi-kəl\Definition of LACKADAISICAL
See Examples of LACKADAISICAL
- His teachers did not approve of his lackadaisical approach to homework.
- <feeling particularly lackadaisical in the summer heat, they lazily tossed a ball back and forth>
Origin of LACKADAISICAL
irregular from lackaday + -ical
First Known Use: 1768
Related to LACKADAISICAL
- Synonyms
- enervated, listless, languid, languishing, languorous, limp, spiritless
- Antonyms
- ambitious, animated, energetic, enterprising, motivated
See Synonym Discussion at languid
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