About The Word Lackadaisical

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Lackadaisical

Lackadaisical Meaning & Definition
Lackadaisical Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lackadaisical?

[adj] idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way; "she was annoyingly lackadaisical and impractical"; "a...lackadaisical, spiritless young man-about-town"- P.G.Wodehouse
[adj] lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot languorous afternoon"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lackadaisical: dreamy | idle | languid | languorous | lethargic | unergetic

Related Terms | Find terms related to Lackadaisical: apathetic | ataractic | backward | benumbed | blase | bored | careless | casual | cold | cool | dallying | dead | debilitated | degage | delaying | devil-may-care | dilatory | dillydallying | disinterested | dispassionate | disregardful | dopey | dormant | droopy | drugged | dull | easy | easygoing | emasculated | enervated | exanimate | faineant | foot-dragging | free and easy | heavy | hebetudinous | heedless | idle | inactive | inanimate | inattentive | incurious | indifferent | indolent | inert | inexcitable | insouciant | jaded | laggard | lagging | languid | languishing | languorous | lax | lazy | leaden | lethargic | lifeless | limp | lingering | listless | loitering | lukewarm | lumpish | Micawberish | mindless | moribund | negligent | nonchalant | numb | offhand | passive | perfunctory | phlegmatic | pococurante | pooped | procrastinating | procrastinative | procrastinatory | reckless | regardless | remiss | romantic | sated | sentimental | shuffling | slack | sleepy | slothful | slow | sluggish | somnolent | spiritless | stagnant | stagnating | stultified | supine | tepid | torpid | turned-off | unanxious | uncaring | unconcerned | undiscriminating | unemotional | unenthusiastic | unexcitable | unexcited | unimpressed | uninspired | uninterested | unmindful | unmoved | unsolicitous | vegetable | vegetative | wan | weary | world-weary

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Lackadaisical In Webster's Dictionary

\Lack`a*dai"si*cal\, a. [From {Lackadaisy}, interj.] Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental. -- {Lack`a*dai"si*cal*ly}, adv.

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