Definition of Lax
Lax
Lax
Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
Not strict or severe; careless or negligent.
e.g. The lax security measures allowed the thief to enter easily.
(adjective)
not rigid or firm, for example in terms of being slackened (as opposed to tense), loose-textured, or spread apart;
e.g. The horse was tethered to a post with a lax rope. The top layer of the lax soil was washed away by the flood.
(adjective)
loose or relaxed, used to describe muscles, especially used to describe phonetic/speech sounds that are uttered with relaxed vocal muscles;
e.g. If you perform this exercise with lax muscles, you will injure yourself.
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