slack

adj

1. loose, not tight, not taut, not rigid or firm, lax, hanging, drooping, droopy, bagging, baggy, sagging, saggy, flapping, Inf. floppy; limp, Dial. limpsy, flabby, flaccid; relaxed, flexible, pliant.

2. remiss, negligent, neglectful, delinquent, Inf. asleep at the wheel or switch, Inf. asleep on the job;-unorganized, slapdash, slipshod, offhand, Inf. harum-scarum; disorderly, sloppy, untidy, Inf. messy; unthinking, thoughtless, inattentive, absent-minded, forgetful; reckless, imprudent, unwary, heedless; unguarded, unmindful, uncircumspect.

3. indolent, lazy, idle, otiose, faineant, do-nothing, shiftless; procrastinative, dilatory, cunctatious, cunc-tatory; dronish, slothful, sluggardly, laggard; sluggish, lethargic, listless; apathetic, indifferent, unconcerned, insouciant, nonchalant.

4. slow, slow-moving, slow-paced; not busy, inactive, quiet, peaceful; gentle, easy; creeping, crawling.

n

5. decrease, diminution, reduction, lessening, diminishing, decrement, abatement, cutback; subsidence, ebb, recession; decline, downturn, drop-off, fall-off, declension, decrescence, wane; falling off, dwindling, dying out.

v

6. shirk, lie down on the job, Brit. Sl. scrimshank, cop out; neglect, close one's eyes to, ignore; abandon, leave undone; (all of work, duty, etc.) evade, avoid, run from, dodge, whiffle, sidestep, elude, weasel out.

7.Often slack up

relax, let up, slacken, remit; relieve, ease, soften, mollify, lighten; lower, turn down, tone down, quiet, still, soft-pedal, Both Music, Acoustics. damp, dampen; subside, ebb, recede, retrocede; dwindle, Inf. peter out; wind down, slow down, dees-calate; fall off, taper off, wane, fade away, die out.

8.Often slack off or out

loosen, slacken, untight-en, relieve tension, Obs. slake; relax, ease up or off.