Meanings
comparative more slackadaisical · superlative most slackadaisical
- Slipshod and lazy; lacking diligence and effort.
But they're worlds apart from the bleary, slackadaisical euphoria of Happy Mondays.
2009, Simon Reynolds, Bring the Noise2 more examples
Usually it is when a co-worker is making a mess of things, you know it, and your own workload is increasing in a direct inverse ratio to his slackadaisical ways.
1986, George Mazzei, Moving Up, page 177Ah, the simple and majestic bean bag; this stalwart of youth, this icon of a slackadaisical generation, like a sceptered isle of laziness awash in the mellow fruitfulness of simpler days.
2011, Michael Garrett Farrelly, Make Room for Teens!, page 7
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