lax
IPA: ɫˈæks
noun
- (now chiefly UK dialectal, Scotland) A salmon.
- (slang) Lacrosse.
- Los Angeles International Airport
- A surname.
adjective
- Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.
- Loose; not tight or taut.
- Lacking care; neglectful, negligent.
- (mathematics) Describing an associative monoidal functor.
- (archaic) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
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Examples of "lax" in Sentences
- The plant is used as a laxative.
- The dried ripe fruit is a mild laxative.
- The French are the most lax in this case.
- Cantaloupes in general are a useful laxative.
- The enforcement of the laws however is very lax.
- The word lax means careless, casual and easygoing.
- The requirements for the subpages would be pretty lax.
- It has been suggested that it is the laxative component in prunes.
- It is possible for a substance to be both a laxative and a cathartic.
- A baby not nursed by the mother was deprived of the laxative colostrum.
- The union has been at odds with Morton over what it calls lax enforcement and gave him a no-confidence vote in June.
- Mr. Webb blasted the exchange for what he characterized as lax enforcement of its listing rules, which, he wrote, were too heavily influenced by special interests.
- ZAHN: Bill, earlier this morning, you pointed out a blistering piece in "The Boston Globe," focusing in on some of what they describe as lax security at the airport.
- Speaking to security officials, Medvedev said airport officials and police responsible for what he called lax security at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport would be punished.
- Speaking to security officials, Mr. Medvedev said airport officials and police responsible for what he called lax security at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport would be punished.
- Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations last February criticized Bank of America and HSBC for what it called lax policing on a few African accounts, including some from Angola and
- Many came out and criticize what they described as lax security measures for this rally, but the government pointed out that this incident happened outside the rally, in a perimeter set up by police, Richard.
- Five years later, the FSA ordered Citibank Japan to suspend sales activities at the bank's retail business, including advertising, for a month for what it called lax policies to protect against money laundering.
- ZURICH—Swiss regulator Finma may discipline four banks for having what it called lax controls on accepting money from foreign public officials associated with deposed Middle Eastern and North African leaders, but generally found that the country's lenders complied with anti-money-laundering rules.
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