Adjective
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emptying easily or excessively
"loose bowels"
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lacking in strength or firmness or resilience
"a lax rope"
"a limp handshake"
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pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')
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lacking in rigor or strictness
"such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"
"lax in attending classes"
"slack in maintaining discipline"