SLACKED (OFF) Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

slacked (off)

verb

past tense of slack (off)

as in hung around

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as in neglected

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The chip of bone was placed in a circular container called a reliquary and hung around the saint’s neck.

— Clare Whitton, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026
The seven-word message became the Washington Commanders’ game-day creed in 2024 and has hung around ever since — literally.

— Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of hung around

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Bergamot Station was a neglected, decaying railroad station and industrial zone when Craig Krull first saw it back in 1994.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
More recently, Hoffman found that while Microsoft still heavily promoted AI at its Build conference in June, the company neglected to mention its AI-first PC hardware brand.

— James Peckham, PC Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of neglected

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I'mPhaedra Trethan, bummed out to hear one of my favorite baseball announcers has been let go in a round of ESPN layoffs.

— Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 21 July 2026
Officer Rory lets Greg go, but the combination of the walk and thinking about his daughter’s predicament has bummed him out.

— Erin Qualey, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026

Definition of bummed

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Every one of those steps is a task, and a lot of that work runs on CPUs, the chips everyone forgot about in the AI conversation.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
At the time, Consuelos, who’s been married to Ripa since 1996, even forgot who his wife and daytime TV co-host was.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2026

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