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Grammar : Noun
Spell : lahks-nes
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɑks nɛs



Definition of laxness

  • noun negligence
Example sentences :
  • Quite aware of his inclination to laxness, I was yet unprepared for his present state.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The laxness of the family housekeeping had led him to distrust all hands and heads but his own.
  • Extract from : « The Madigans » by Miriam Michelson
  • In laxness of morals and in luxury this period was much like the two preceding.
  • Extract from : « A History of Spain » by Charles E. Chapman
  • He was as good as his word, speaking of the laxness of both Iroquois and Wyandots.
  • Extract from : « The Scouts of the Valley » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • His convictions made him a vehement antagonist of churchdom because of its stiffness of creed and laxness of practice.
  • Extract from : « Prophets of Dissent » by Otto Heller
  • The general charge seems to be of laxness and needlessly high salaries rather than any wholesale corruption.
  • Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam
  • Indeed, their laxness was also much canvassed with us, and the more staid of the visitors openly enough expressed their censure.
  • Extract from : « Lola Montez » by Edmund B. d'Auvergne
  • Conventionality took the place of the old freedom and joyousness which had so often degenerated into laxness.
  • Extract from : « The World's Progress, Vol. I (of X) » by Various
  • Laxness in the care of one's room may mean the habit of laxness in other and more important ways.
  • Extract from : « A Girl's Student Days and After » by Jeannette Marks
  • Since coming to the Meiggs Plantation there had been a certain amount of laxness in regard to what the children did.
  • Extract from : « Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's » by Laura Lee Hope

Synonyms for laxness

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