SLACKNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slackness mean? 

• SLACKNESS (noun)
  The noun SLACKNESS has 3 senses:

1. weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy

2. the quality of being loose (not taut)

3. the quality of being lax and neglectful

  Familiarity information: SLACKNESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLACKNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

inanition; lassitude; lethargy; slackness

Hypernyms ("slackness" is a kind of...):

weakness (the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being loose (not taut)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

slack; slackness

Context example:

he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope

Hypernyms ("slackness" is a kind of...):

looseness; play (movement or space for movement)

Derivation:

slack (not tense or taut)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The quality of being lax and neglectful

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

laxity; laxness; remissness; slackness

Hypernyms ("slackness" is a kind of...):

neglect; neglectfulness; negligence (the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern)

Derivation:

slack (lacking in rigor or strictness)