Vocabulary Word
Word: lackadaisical
Definition: lacking interest or effort; lacking purpose or zest; lazy; halfhearted; languid
Definition: lacking interest or effort; lacking purpose or zest; lazy; halfhearted; languid
Sentences Containing 'lackadaisical'
There is no doubt whatever that I was a lackadaisical young spooney; but there was a purity of heart in all this, that prevents my having quite a contemptuous recollection of it, let me laugh as I may.
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