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Princeton's WordNet

  1. inanition, lassitude, lethargy, slacknessnoun

    weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy

  2. slack, slacknessnoun

    the quality of being loose (not taut)

    "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope"

  3. laxness, laxity, remissness, slacknessnoun

    the quality of being lax and neglectful

Wiktionary

  1. slacknessnoun

    The state of being slack; the quality of having slack.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Slacknessnoun

    Etymology: from slack.

    It concerneth the duty of the church by law to provide, that the looseness and slackness of men may not cause the commandments of God to be unexecuted. Richard Hooker.

    These thy offices,
    So rarely kind, are as interpreters
    Of my behind-hand slackness. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

    From man’s effeminate slackness it begins,
    Who should better hold his place
    By wisdom, and superior gifts receiv’d. John Milton, Par. Lost.

    When they have no disposition to shoot out above their lips, there is a slackness to heal, and a cure is very difficultly effected. Samuel Sharp, Surgery.

    Through the slackness of motion, or long banishment from the air, it might gather some aptness to putrefy. Edward Brerewood.

ChatGPT

  1. slackness

    Slackness refers to the state or condition of lacking effort, efficiency, or speed, often characterized by inactivity or laziness. It can also refer to the degree of freedom or margin within a situation or system, such as extra capacity or resources available in a business operation or time left for completing a task.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Slacknessnoun

    the quality or state of being slack

Wikidata

  1. Slackness

    Slackness is a collaborative album between acoustic ska vocalist Chris Murray and the New York City ska band The Slackers. Two songs also appear on The Slackers and Friends, as different versions. "Rastaman Rock" is renamed to "I Am a Rasta Man" on The Slackers and Friends. The track "Janie Jones" is a cover of a Clash song.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of SLACKNESS in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of SLACKNESS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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