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lackadaisical
/ˌlækəˈdeɪzɪkəl/
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What does lackadaisical mean?
adjective
- Showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm.
- Lazy; slothful; indolent.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌlækəˈdeɪzɪkəl/
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Survivals of this lackadaisical or romantic ideal occur freely in the tastes of the well-to-do classes of Continental countries.
And another will be lackadaisical in his appetite, whimsical, "hard to please" and much more difficult to keep pleased.
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THE LACKADAISICAL: The last and largest class of incurable cases of stammering are those who will not make the effort to be cured.
And, when they do become women and wives--if ever they do become women and wives--what miserable lackadaisical wives, and what senseless, useless mothers they will make!
In the intervals of testimony--and these testimonies, as every one will bear me witness who has ever attended any of our meetings, are not long, sanctimonious lackadaisical speeches, but simple confessions of individual experience--there are bursts of hearty melody.