"slackness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈslæknəs/ [US] Forms: slacknesses [plural]
Rhymes: -æknəs Etymology: From Middle English slacnesse, slakenes, slaknesse; equivalent to slack + -ness. Compare Old English slæcnes. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|slacnesse}} Middle English slacnesse, {{suffix|en|slack|ness}} slack + -ness, {{cog|ang|slæcnes}} Old English slæcnes Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} slackness (usually uncountable, plural slacknesses)
  1. The state of being slack; the quality of having slack. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (state of being slack): slapte (Dutch), laxeso (Ido), leibideacht (note: of person) [feminine] (Irish), گوشكلك (gevşeklik) (Ottoman Turkish)
    Sense id: en-slackness-en-noun-DNcvw5qM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Musical genres Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 16 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 63 16 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 5 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 12 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 10 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 69 9 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 75 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 52 31 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 47 41 12 Disambiguation of Musical genres: 54 12 34 Disambiguation of 'state of being slack': 93 2 5
  2. Vulgarity in West Indian culture. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-slackness-en-noun-T8jjmir0 Categories (other): Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 47 41 12
  3. A subgenre of dancehall music with sexual lyrics. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-slackness-en-noun-TiukhuHF Categories (other): Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 47 41 12

Inflected forms

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