slack fill

noun

The inadequate filling of a package so that it contains too little of the product.

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Meanings

nounslack fill (countable and uncountable, plural slack fills)

plural slack fills

  1. countableuncountablebusinessThe inadequate filling of a package so that it contains too little of the product.

    […] consumers don't understand chemical terms, and consumers really don't have a problem with slack fills, information and label type size.

    1983, Processed Prepared Food, volume 152, page 41
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APA

slack fill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slack%20fill

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Chicago

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