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[ UK /lˈæks/ ]
[ US /ˈɫæks/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')
  2. lacking in firmness or tension; not taut
    a lax rope
  3. emptying easily or excessively
    loose bowels
  4. lacking in rigor or strictness
    slack in maintaining discipline
    lax in attending classes
    such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable

How To Use lax In A Sentence

  • Unless contraindicated, prophylaxis with a gastrointestinal motility stimulant laxative and a stool softener is appropriate in terminally ill patients who are being given opioids.
  • By recording the spectra of several distant quasars whose light pierces the Milky Way, the spacecraft revealed some 50 ultraviolet-absorbing gas clouds around our galaxy.
  • She also lent me a couple of Ben Elton books which were good, but not as good for relaxing as they have a whole dark seedy side.
  • On the fives court, his nervous housemaster could relax, “rushing about,” as Roald described it, “shrieking what a little fool he is, and calling himself all sorts of names when he misses the ball.” Storyteller
  • The trek was a bit monotonous at times - I wanted to go faster - but it was relaxing, enjoyable and worth the sore backside.
  • If it were a little more curved it would collapse, imploding on itself in a cosmic crunch; a little less curved, and every star, planet, sun and galaxy would fly apart from each other and so would every atom of matter in each of them.
  • Their movements have a likable jazzy syncopation, a bit of relaxed jive.
  • To explain this, they hypothesise that galaxies must contain a great deal of missing matter which cannot be detected.
  • By night the beach comes alive with the sound of reggae from relaxed bars. Times, Sunday Times
  • The depth and rate of breathing are controlled by special centres in the brain, which influence the nerves that cause contraction and relaxation of the muscles of respiration.
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