Lax vs Slapdash - What's the difference?
lax | slapdash | Related terms |
A salmon.
lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.
* J. A. Symonds
loose; not tight or taut.
* Ray
lacking care; neglectful, negligent
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 1
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, title=Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom
, work=BBC Sport
(archaic) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
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Done hastily; haphazard; careless.
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In a hasty or careless manner.
Directly, right there; slap-bang.
With a slap; all at once; slap.
(colloquial) To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast.
Lax is a related term of slapdash.
As an adjective slapdash is
done hastily; haphazard; careless.As an adverb slapdash is
in a hasty or careless manner.As a verb slapdash is
(colloquial) to apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast.lax
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Alternative forms
* (Killian)Etymology 1
From (etyl) lax, from (etyl) .Noun
(laxes)Etymology 2
From (etyl)Adjective
(er)- The rules are fairly lax , but you have to know which ones you can bend.
- Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax , in matters of the passions.
- The rope fell lax .
- the flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy
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Synonyms
* permissive, lenient * loose, slackAntonyms
* strict * taut, tightNoun
(-)slapdash
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Adjective
(en adjective)Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents", The Guardian , 23 September 2014:
- When you're in the front entrance, get a feel for what's going on. Tours are never timed to coincide with breaks but if there are any children milling about, see what they're up to. If they're on a dutiful errand, for example delivering registers, the school probably encourages a responsible attitude. If they're play-fighting in the corridor without consequence, it tells a less impressive story and could mean a slapdash approach to discipline.
Synonyms
* See alsoAdverb
(en adverb)- Van Eyck signed his portrait of the Arnolfinis slapdash in the center of the painting.
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Synonyms
* (in a hasty manner): carelessly, haphazardly, hastily * (directly): directlyVerb
- to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall
- to slapdash a wall