as in listless
lacking bodily energy or motivation
feeling particularly lackadaisical in the summer heat, they lazily tossed a ball back and forth
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Recent Examples of lackadaisical
In the first six minutes of the game, the Sabres were down 3-0 due to some lackadaisical coverage in the defensive zone.
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Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2026
The Nuggets played lackadaisical 1-on-1 and pick-and-roll defense on the perimeter.
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Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
And there was nothing lackadaisical about any of those things.
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Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
10 Mar. 2026
Trump was in his first term, and Chopra felt that lackadaisical regulators had set the table for the politics of grievance and resentment that carried him to victory.
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E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for lackadaisical
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2026
The Nuggets played lackadaisical 1-on-1 and pick-and-roll defense on the perimeter.
—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
And there was nothing lackadaisical about any of those things.
—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
10 Mar. 2026
Trump was in his first term, and Chopra felt that lackadaisical regulators had set the table for the politics of grievance and resentment that carried him to victory.
—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for lackadaisical
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lackadaisical
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But the maneuver failed to budge Comcast’s listless stock, which has languished for years as its primary business lost thousands of broadband customers.
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The length exacerbates all the rest of the series' sins, including a lack of emotional depth, gratuitous suffering and violence, long stretches of boring, listless plotting and extraneous characters.
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Depredation occurs when a shark steals an angler’s catch off their line, and Florida’s fishers are tired of it.
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Pugh is tired of seeing her mom suffer by no fault of her own.
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Adorned with almost graphically violent labels showcasing alpha predators -- a shark, a grizzly, an orca, a lion and some sort of particularly angry bird of prey -- the bottles are a far cry from the placid villas and languorous ladies plastered across so many wines.
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Their first statement signing to launch the project was the €42m purchase of the lanky and languorous Argentine playmaker.
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The Chiefs turned that spiritless first half into a 28-7 blowout Monday night against the Commanders, opening the second half with touchdown drives of 80, 75 and 94 yards.
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From spiritless spirits to refusing to open up a bar tab, members of Generation Z are continuing to challenge alcohol traditions.
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In between languid lake swims and sensual forest escapades, old crushes surface and new anxieties rear their heads in this deft portrait of millennial disenchantment.
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Four, graciously sized outdoor pools—all carved in local stone and lined with plush loungers—invite long, languid afternoons.
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But Eustaquio moved — likely exhausted — in union with his team towards South Africa’s box.
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Back-to-back overnights left Greenwald exhausted and depressed.
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Following a year of historically weak hiring in 2025, hiring rebounded this spring.
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In a weak free-agency class, centers Robert Williams III (Portland) and Mark Williams (Phoenix) are already off the market, each reportedly agreeing to return to their current teams.
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Unlike much of the group stage, Sunday’s game was a sloppy, sleepy affair, with South Africa relying on some heroic play from its back line to keep the game even.
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The phone achieved download speeds of 463Mbps and upload speeds of 39Mbps in 5G testing in sleepy suburban areas.
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“Lackadaisical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lackadaisical. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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