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Inefficient :: Inefficient (a.) Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator..

Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry..

Take-up :: Take-up (n.) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch..

Slack :: Slack (a.) Alt. of Slacke.

Slackly :: Slackly (adv.) In a slack manner.

Slack :: Slack (n.) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail..

Slack :: Slack (adv.) Slackly; as, slack dried hops..

Lag :: Lag (v. t.) To cause to lag; to slacken.

Slakin :: Slakin (n.) Slacken.

Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To neglect; to be remiss in.

Slack :: Slack (superl.) Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack..

Slack :: Slack (n.) Small coal; also, coal dust; culm..

Slacked :: Slacked (imp. & p. p.) of Slacke.

Unslacked :: Unslacked (a.) Not slacked; unslaked; as, unslacked lime..

Unslaked :: Unslaked (a.) Not slaked; unslacked; as, an unslaked thirst; unslaked lime..

Slack :: Slack (superl.) Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service..

Springal :: Spring (v. i.) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon the wharf to which she is moored.

Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope..

Air-slacked :: Air-slacked (a.) Slacked, or pulverized, by exposure to the air; as, air-slacked lime..

Slow :: Slow (v. t.) To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer..

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