lackadaisical

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Adjective meaning lacking interest, enthusiasm, or zest

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UnknownMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · lackadaisical · 1:14 · 17 Aug
…By the mid seventeen hundreds, the adjective lackadaisical had been formed to describe such weary and exasperated folks, as well as their half hearted doings and…
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Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · lackadaisical · 0:39 · 17 Aug
…We're too enthusiastic about the lexicon to be lackadaisical about words, but the word lackadaisical itself is rooted in the sort of sorrow that can put a damper on one's passion for vocabulary expansion.…
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Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · lackadaisical · 0:33 · 17 Aug
…The defense was lackadaisical at best, while the offense wasn't much better.…
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Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · lackadaisical · 0:23 · 17 Aug
…Someone or something described as lackadaisical is lacking in interest,……
Peter SokolowskiMerriam-Webster's Word of the Day · lackadaisical · 0:12 · 17 Aug
…Today's word is lackadaisical.…
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