: having a relaxed style or character
laid-back music
Examples of laid-back in a Sentence
a laid-back fisherman, he didn't really care if he caught anything, being content to relax and enjoy the sunshine
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If a typical beach town is laid-back, Grayton Beach is fully reclining—in a hammock with an ice-cold margarita.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2025
Relations with friends, partners and spouses are friendly and laid-back.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 3 Aug. 2025
The damage looked superficial, while the rider himself was laid-back.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 July 2025
Close Company, an eclectic, laid-back younger sibling to Death & Co., an upscale cocktail bar in New York's East Village that earned recognition as one of the world's best bars, is now open in Germantown.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2025
Relations with friends, partners and spouses are friendly and laid-back.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 3 Aug. 2025
The damage looked superficial, while the rider himself was laid-back.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 July 2025
Close Company, an eclectic, laid-back younger sibling to Death & Co., an upscale cocktail bar in New York's East Village that earned recognition as one of the world's best bars, is now open in Germantown.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for laid-back
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“Laid-back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laid-back. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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