lackadaisical
without interest, vigor, or determination; listless; halfhearted: a lackadaisical attempt.
Origin of lackadaisical
1Other words for lackadaisical
Other words from lackadaisical
- lack·a·dai·si·cal·ly, adverb
- lack·a·dai·si·cal·ness, noun
Words Nearby lackadaisical
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How to use lackadaisical in a sentence
Now, enter the Grinch—or rather, the Senate’s lackadaisical pace.
Happy Holidays, Parents. The Senate's Gift to You Might Be a Missing $250 Check in January | Abby Vesoulis | December 9, 2021 | TimeThe case, identified in court records as the pseudonymous “Guardianship of Keanu,” has baffled appeals court judges, who have admonished both parties for their unconventional and lackadaisical arrangement to conceive a child.
A woman agreed to have a baby for a Facebook friend through Messenger. Now, they’re locked in a custody war. | Jaclyn Peiser | September 23, 2021 | Washington PostPreviously skeptical mother superior has to admit to Jessica, the anxious mom, that this lackadaisical teenager just might have special powers of his own—but the jury is still out.
Denis Villeneuve's Take on Dune Is an Admirably Understated Sci-Fi Spectacle | Stephanie Zacharek | September 3, 2021 | Time“People become much more lackadaisical, especially young people, because no one’s getting the disease,” he says.
Will Japan's Low Immunization Rate Pose a Problem for the Olympics? | Charlie Campbell / Shanghai | April 20, 2021 | TimeTo Beal, lackadaisical defense led to poor three-point shooting.
Wizards are off the mark again, fall at home to Kings as skid reaches five | Ava Wallace | March 18, 2021 | Washington Post
Their defense is lackadaisical, their forwards frequently inept.
World Cup 2014 Nail-Biter: Host Country Brazil Defeats Chile on Penalty Kicks | Tunku Varadarajan | June 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNow is not the time for lackadaisical, quiet and deferential diplomacy.
Their Fight…But Our Legacy: The New Battle for Fallujah | John Kael Weston | January 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat's the impression you get with their lackadaisical approach to filling the job.
Exclusive: White House Struggles to Replace Janet Napolitano at DHS | Daniel Klaidman | September 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe horsemeat scandal has shown just how lackadaisical we are toward the content of processed food here.
Britain’s Weight Crisis Almost Hits U.S. Proportions | Dan Jones | February 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTShe rejected that the idea it was lackadaisical policing that is responsible for such crimes.
The stones and metal rattle inEach dry and withering ear, As lackadaisical they loll,And preen themselves, and peer.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile GautierSurvivals of this lackadaisical or romantic ideal occur freely in the tastes of the well-to-do classes of Continental countries.
The Theory of the Leisure Class | Thorstein VeblenHe had seen Eugene around town, knew no harm of him except that he was lackadaisical and rather moody.
The "Genius" | Theodore DreiserI will command myself; I will be just what I have always been—a little graver perhaps, but not lackadaisical and pining.
Quintus Claudius, Volume 2 of 2 | Ernst EcksteinTo give every ounce in you to do what you set out to do—no lackadaisical dilettantism—your whole heart in it—and go to it!
Rough-Hewn | Dorothy Canfield
British Dictionary definitions for lackadaisical
/ (ˌlækəˈdeɪzɪkəl) /
lacking vitality and purpose
lazy or idle, esp in a dreamy way
Origin of lackadaisical
1Derived forms of lackadaisical
- lackadaisically, adverb
- lackadaisicalness, noun
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