"lackadaisical" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌlækəˈdeɪzɪkəl/, /læksə-/ Audio: en-us-lackadaisical.ogg , En-au-lackadaisical.ogg Forms: more lackadaisical [comparative], most lackadaisical [superlative]
Etymology: From the archaic expression lackadaisy + -ic + -al. Etymology templates: {{af|en|lackadaisy|-ic|-al}} lackadaisy + -ic + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} lackadaisical (comparative more lackadaisical, superlative most lackadaisical)
  1. Showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm. Categories (topical): Emotions Synonyms: languid, listless, unenthusiastic, uninterested, lethargic Translations (showing no interest or enthusiasm): ἀσπούδαστος (aspoúdastos) (Ancient Greek), отпуснат (otpusnat) (Bulgarian), апатичен (apatičen) (Bulgarian), lànguid (Catalan), indiferent (Catalan), 漠不关心的 (mò bù guān xīng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 不热心的 (bù rè xīng de) (Chinese Mandarin), ongeïnteresseerd (Dutch), lusteloos (Dutch), laks (Dutch), malvigla (Esperanto), välinpitämätön (Finnish), raukea (Finnish), tylsämielinen (Finnish), innoton (Finnish), ponneton (Finnish), languide (French), gleichgültig (German), lustlos (German), lasch (German), βαρυεστημένος (varyestiménos) (Greek), egykedvű (Hungarian), unott (Hungarian), közönyös (Hungarian), közömbös (Hungarian), érdektelen (Hungarian), nemtörődöm (Hungarian), languido (Italian), apatico (Italian), stufato (Italian), jilveli (Ladino), бе́зволен (bézvolen) (Macedonian), waimeha (Maori), momoe (Maori), desmotivado (Portuguese), apático [masculine] (Portuguese), lânguido (Portuguese), равноду́шный (ravnodúšnyj) (Russian), апати́чный (apatíčnyj) (Russian), bezvoljan [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lánguido (Spanish), ointresserad (Swedish), oengagerad (Swedish), likgiltig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-lackadaisical-en-adj-oX5U8yi0 Disambiguation of Emotions: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, English terms suffixed with -ic, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Ladino translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 100 0 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 100 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Ladino translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of 'showing no interest or enthusiasm': 100 0
  2. Lazy; slothful; indolent. Translations (Lazy; slothful; indolent): ленив (leniv) (Bulgarian), peresós (Catalan), mandrós (Catalan), lusta (Hungarian), tunya (Hungarian), preguiçoso (Portuguese), indolente (Portuguese), ленивый (lenivyj) (Russian), mlitav [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), šonjav [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), perezoso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lackadaisical-en-adj-ctKMAgIR Disambiguation of 'Lazy; slothful; indolent': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lack-a-daisical Derived forms: lackadaisically, lackadaisicalness Related terms: lackaday, lax

Alternative forms

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          "text": "I, at one time, used to go and take a hand at cribbage with a friend, and afterwards discuss a cold sirloin of beef, and throw out a few lackadaisical remarks, in a way to please myself, but it would not do long.",
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          "text": "\"Then let those who do know it learn that you are able to bear such wounds without outward complaint. I tell you fairly that I cannot sympathize with a lackadaisical lover.\"",
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          "ref": "2010, Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest:",
          "text": "I could hear the sound of the janitor's lackadaisical scrubbing against the wooden floor.",
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          "word": "漠不关心的"
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          "roman": "bù rè xīng de",
          "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
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          "code": "de",
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          "word": "βαρυεστημένος"
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          "word": "равноду́шный"
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          "word": "mandrós"
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          "word": "lusta"
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          "word": "tunya"
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          "word": "preguiçoso"
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      "ipa": "/ˌlækəˈdeɪzɪkəl/"
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    "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Ladino translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
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      "form": "more lackadaisical",
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      "word": "lackaday"
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    {
      "word": "lax"
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          "text": "the lackadaisical look on his face",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1822, William Hazlitt, “On the Disadvantages of Intellectual Superiority”, in Table-Talk, volume II:",
          "text": "I, at one time, used to go and take a hand at cribbage with a friend, and afterwards discuss a cold sirloin of beef, and throw out a few lackadaisical remarks, in a way to please myself, but it would not do long.",
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        {
          "ref": "1864, Anthony Trollope, chapter 58, in The Small House at Allington:",
          "text": "\"Then let those who do know it learn that you are able to bear such wounds without outward complaint. I tell you fairly that I cannot sympathize with a lackadaisical lover.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest:",
          "text": "I could hear the sound of the janitor's lackadaisical scrubbing against the wooden floor.",
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        }
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        "Showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm."
      ],
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        [
          "interest",
          "interest"
        ],
        [
          "vigor",
          "vigor"
        ],
        [
          "determination",
          "determination"
        ],
        [
          "enthusiasm",
          "enthusiasm"
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          "word": "languid"
        },
        {
          "word": "listless"
        },
        {
          "word": "unenthusiastic"
        },
        {
          "word": "uninterested"
        },
        {
          "word": "lethargic"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Lazy; slothful; indolent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "indolent",
          "indolent"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌlækəˈdeɪzɪkəl/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/læksə-/"
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      "word": "lack-a-daisical"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otpusnat",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "отпуснат"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "apatičen",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "апатичен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "lànguid"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "indiferent"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mò bù guān xīng de",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "漠不关心的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bù rè xīng de",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "不热心的"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "ongeïnteresseerd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "lusteloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "laks"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "malvigla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "välinpitämätön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "raukea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "tylsämielinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "innoton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "ponneton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "languide"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "gleichgültig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "lustlos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "lasch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "varyestiménos",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "βαρυεστημένος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "aspoúdastos",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "ἀσπούδαστος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "egykedvű"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "unott"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "közönyös"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "közömbös"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "érdektelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "nemtörődöm"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "languido"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "apatico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "stufato"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "jilveli"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bézvolen",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "бе́зволен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "waimeha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "momoe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "desmotivado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apático"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "lânguido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ravnodúšnyj",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "равноду́шный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "apatíčnyj",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "апати́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bezvoljan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "lánguido"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "ointresserad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "oengagerad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "showing no interest or enthusiasm",
      "word": "likgiltig"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "leniv",
      "sense": "Lazy; slothful; indolent",
      "word": "ленив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Lazy; slothful; indolent",
      "word": "peresós"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Lazy; slothful; indolent",
      "word": "mandrós"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Lazy; slothful; indolent",
      "word": "lusta"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Lazy; slothful; indolent",
      "word": "tunya"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Lazy; slothful; indolent",
      "word": "preguiçoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Lazy; slothful; indolent",
      "word": "indolente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lenivyj",
      "sense": "Lazy; slothful; indolent",
      "word": "ленивый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Lazy; slothful; indolent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mlitav"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Lazy; slothful; indolent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šonjav"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Lazy; slothful; indolent",
      "word": "perezoso"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lackadaisical"
}

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