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- Dictionarylax/laks/
adjective
- 1. not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful: "lax security arrangements at the airport"
- 2. (of the limbs or muscles) relaxed: "muscles have more potential energy when they are stretched than when they are lax"
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LAX definition: 1. without much care, attention, or control: 2. not severe or strong enough: 3. loose rather than…. Learn more.
1. a. of the bowels : loose, open. b. : having loose bowels. 2. : deficient in firmness : not stringent. lax control. a lax foreman. security has been lax. 3. a. : not tense, firm, or rigid : slack. a lax rope. b. : having an open or loose texture. a lax soil. c. : having the constituents spread apart. a lax flower cluster.
LAX meaning: 1. without much care, attention, or control: 2. not severe or strong enough: 3. loose rather than…. Learn more.
Lax definition: not strict or severe; careless or negligent. See examples of LAX used in a sentence.
1. lacking firmness; not strict. 2. lacking precision or definition. 3. not taut. 4. phonetics. (of a speech sound) pronounced with little muscular effort and consequently having relatively imprecise accuracy of articulation and little temporal duration. In English the vowel i in bit is lax.
Definition of lax adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of lax. adjective. lacking in rigor or strictness. “such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable” “ lax in attending classes” synonyms: slack. negligent. characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern. adjective. lacking in strength or firmness or resilience. “a lax rope” synonyms: loose.
LAX definition: not careful enough or not well controlled: . Learn more.
Britannica Dictionary definition of LAX. [more lax; most lax] disapproving. : not careful enough : not strict enough. lax regulations/policies. Security has been lax. The university has been lax about/in enforcing these rules.
1. Lacking in rigor, strictness, or firmness. See Synonyms at negligent. 2. Not taut, firm, or compact; slack. See Synonyms at loose. 3. Loose and not easily retained or controlled. Used of bowel movements. 4. Linguistics Pronounced with the muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed, as the vowel (ĕ) in let.
