lax
lax
lÃĻks
lāks
/lˈÃĻks/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "lax"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĸāĻŋāϞāĻž, āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ

showing a tendency to be less strict about rules or discipline
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company had a lax approach to employee attendance, allowing frequent absences without consequences.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϞ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϰ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤāĻŋ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāχ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻĸāĻŋāϞāĻž, āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞ

lacking physical firmness or strength
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A sedentary lifestyle led to his muscles becoming flabby and lax.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύāϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧇āĻļā§€āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϤ⧇ āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĸāĻŋāϞāĻž, āĻļāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϞ

(of speech sounds or pronunciation) produced with relatively relaxed muscle tension

wide

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Linguists often contrast lax and tense vowels to study variations in speech patterns.
āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤ⧃āϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āύ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧈āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϟāĻžāύāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϪ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĸāĻŋāϞāĻž, āĻļāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϞ

having loose bowels, often referring to diarrhea or frequent, soft stools
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The illness left her with lax bowels for a few days.
āϰ⧋āĻ—āϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϞ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āϏ

a team sport where players use a stick with a net to catch, carry, and shoot a ball into the opponent's goal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He joined a local team to continue playing lax after high school.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāχ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϰ⧋āϏ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĻāϞ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

laxation
laxative
laxity
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