Definition of slack

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

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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..
Slakin :: Slakin (n.) Slacken.
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather..
Slackened :: Slackened () of Slacke.
Lime :: Lime (n.) Oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when treated with water, forming slacked lime, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc..
Efficient :: Efficient (n.) Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity; as, an efficient officer, power..
Slack :: Slack (superl.) Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope..
Slatch :: Slatch (n.) The loose or slack part of a rope; slack.
Slack :: Slack (n.) Small coal; also, coal dust; culm..
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime..
Slackly :: Slackly (adv.) In a slack manner.
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..
Crewel :: Crewel (n.) Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery..
Slake :: Slake (v. i.) To slacken; to become relaxed.
Laxation :: Laxation (n.) The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened..
Slackness :: Slackness (n.) The quality or state of being slack.
Lax :: Lax (v. t.) Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber..
Slack :: Slack (superl.) Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand..
Forslack :: Forslack (v. t.) To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth.
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..
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