slackness

slack ¹  (slk)

adj. slack·er, slack·est

1. Moving slowly; sluggish: a slack pace.

2. Lacking in activity; not busy: a slack season for the travel business.

3. Not tense or taut; loose: a slack rope; slack muscles. See Synonyms at loose.

4. Lacking firmness; flaccid: a slack grip.

5. Lacking in diligence or due care or concern; negligent: a slack worker. See Synonyms at negligent.

6. Flowing or blowing with little speed: a slack current; slack winds.

7. Linguistics Pronounced with the muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed; lax.

v. slacked, slack·ing, slacks

v.tr.

1. To make slower or looser; slacken.

2. To be careless or remiss in doing: slack one's duty.

3. To slake (lime).

v.intr.

1. To be or become slack.

2. To evade work; shirk.

n.

1. A loose part, as of a rope or sail.

2. A lack of tension; looseness.

3. A period of little activity; a lull.

4.

a. A cessation of movement in a current of air or water.

b. An area of still water.

5. Unused capacity: still some slack in the economy.

6. slacks Casual trousers that are not part of a suit.

adv.

In a slack manner: a banner hanging slack.

Phrasal Verb:

slack off

To decrease in activity or intensity.

Idiom:

cut/give (someone) some slack

Slang To make an allowance for (someone), as in allowing more time to finish something.

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[Middle English slak, from Old English slæc; see slg- in Indo-European roots.]

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slackly adv.

slackness n.

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slack ²  (slk)

n.

A mixture of coal fragments, coal dust, and dirt that remains after screening coal.

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[Middle English sleck.]

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slack ³  (slk)

n. Chiefly British

1. A small dell or hollow.

2. A bog; a morass.

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[Middle English slak, from Old Norse slakki.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	slackness - weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy inanition, lethargy, lassitude weakness - the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain; "his weakness increased as he became older"; "the weakness of the span was overlooked until it collapsed"
	2.	slackness - the quality of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope" slack looseness, play - movement or space for movement; "there was too much play in the steering wheel"
	3.	slackness - the quality of being lax and neglectful laxness, remissness, laxity neglectfulness, negligence, neglect - the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

Translations

slackness [ˈslæknɪs] N

1. [of rope etc] → flojedad f, lo flojo

2. [of person] (= laxity) → descuido m, negligencia f; (= laziness) → pereza f, vaguedad f

3. (Comm) → flojedad f, inactividad f

slackness [ˈslæknɪs] n (= carelessness) → laisser-aller m (= negligence) → incurie f

slackness

n

(of rope, reins) → Schlaffheit f, → Durchhängen nt

(= laziness) → Bummelei f; (= negligence) → Nachlässigkeit f, → Schlampigkeit f (inf)

(of business, market etc) → Flaute f

slackness [ˈslæknɪs] n (of rope, cable) → mancanza di tensione; (of person) → negligenza; (of trade) → ristagno

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slackness [ˈslæknɪs] n (of rope, cable) → mancanza di tensione; (of person) → negligenza; (of trade) → ristagno