slack
adjective
not tight, taut, firm, or tense;
has slacked
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present perfectof slack (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But he said that he personally has slacked on “defense and effort,” and this year he aims to lead by example.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2011
Even Van der Vaart, who has slacked off defensively in previous matches, applied pressure in his own half.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2011
Since the cruise business has slacked off a bit lately, I wouldn't mind getting back into journalism myself.
From Time Magazine Archive
Our business has slacked greatly, and is now mainly kept up by recent refugees from the up-country.
From Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) by Elizabeth Ware Pearson
The damp has slacked your wits, Rain Wind, that you are not able to distinguish between the Arrow-Maker and his luck.
From The Arrow-Maker A Drama in Three Acts by Mary Hunter Austin
