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lax

adjective

emptying easily or excessively

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Word Facts

Word length
3
Starts with
L
Ends with
X
Contains
A
Scrabble score
10
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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adjective

  1. emptying easily or excessively

    β€œloose bowels”

adjective

  1. lacking in rigor or strictness

    β€œsuch lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable”

adjective

  1. lacking in firmness or tension; not taut

    β€œa lax rope”

adjective

  1. pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in β€˜bet’)

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loose bowels
such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable
lax in attending classes
slack in maintaining discipline
a lax rope

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