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lax

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1. lax - Noun

2. lax - Adjective

3. lax - Verb

4. lax - Adjective Satellite

5. Lax - Proper noun

Meaning

Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber.

Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.

Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.

A looseness; diarrhea.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking. Victor Davis Hanson

I hopped off the plane at LAX with a dream and my cardigan. Welcome to the land of fame excess - am I going to fit in? I jump into the cab, here I am for the first time, I look to the right and I see the Hollywood sign. Miley Cyrus

The softness, and the glare, and the temptations, and the licence, and the lax examples about us, are more seducing and dangerous than the winter of penal laws. They hardened the manhood of Catholic parents. The summer sun relaxes many. Henry Edward Manning

Prentice: This appalling situation is the result of my lax moral code. It's clean living and Teach Yourself Woodwork for me from now on! Joe Orton

The lax multiculturalism that urges Americans to accept the unacceptable from their fellow citizens is one of this nation's greatest vulnerabilities in the war on terror. Richard Perle

It is outrageous to know that security procedures are apparently so lax at the Department of Veterans Affairs that a single bureaucrat had the ability to put the personal information of over 26 million Veterans at risk for sale to the highest criminal bidder. Bob Ney

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