lackadaisical
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the archaic expression lackadaisy + -ic + -al.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌlækəˈdeɪzɪkəl/; IPA(key): /læksə-/ (non-standard)
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Adjective
[edit]lackadaisical (comparative more lackadaisical, superlative most lackadaisical)
- Showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm.
- Synonyms: languid, listless, unenthusiastic, uninterested, lethargic
- the lackadaisical look on his face
- 1822, William Hazlitt, “On the Disadvantages of Intellectual Superiority”, in Table-Talk, volume II:
- I, at one time, used to go and take a hand at cribbage with a friend, and afterwards discuss a cold sirloin of beef, and throw out a few lackadaisical remarks, in a way to please myself, but it would not do long.
- 1864, Anthony Trollope, chapter 58, in The Small House at Allington:
- "Then let those who do know it learn that you are able to bear such wounds without outward complaint. I tell you fairly that I cannot sympathize with a lackadaisical lover."
- 2010, Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest:
- I could hear the sound of the janitor's lackadaisical scrubbing against the wooden floor.
- Lazy; slothful; indolent.
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]showing no interest or enthusiasm
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Lazy; slothful; indolent
Further reading
[edit]- “lackadaisical”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.