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What (who) is lackadaisical - definition


lackadaisical         
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a.
Sentimental, maudlin, Wertherish, die-away, languishing, affectedly pensive, lackadaisy.
lackadaisical         
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[?lak?'de?z?k(?)l]
¦ adjective lacking enthusiasm and thoroughness.
Derivatives
lackadaisically adverb
Origin
C18: from the archaic interjection lackaday, lackadaisy (see alack) + -ical.
Lackadaisical         
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·adj Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental.
Examples of use of lackadaisical
1. Never mind his subsequent lackadaisical presidential campaigns.
2. After all, cleaners are often accused of being lackadaisical.
3. Foster does, though, express concern about Britain‘s lackadaisical attitude to planning.
4. The initial Victorian response to the state of their cities was equally lackadaisical.
5. And then there was the lackadaisical style of some former conductors, who did little to inspire the orchestra.