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lack-minds

lack-minds is the plural of lack-mind.

Meaning of lack-mind

Noun

lack-mind (plural lack-minds)

  1. (archaic, derogatory) An unintelligent person.
    • Let us not imitate the lazy indifference of those lack-minds who visit in succession half a dozen wondrous new ports in the Far East, and whose stagnant curiosity is satisfied by staring over the ship's side and evaporating their brains in clouds of tobacco.1887, Henry Knollys, “A Typhoon.—Nagasaki and Kobe.”, in Sketches of Life in Japan, page 17
    Synonyms:
    lackbrain

Questions about lack-minds

What is lack-minds the plural of?
Lack-minds is the plural of lack-mind.

Words near lack-minds in the dictionary

  1. lack-looks
  2. lack-love
  3. lack-loves
  4. lack-lustre
  5. lack-mind
  6. lack-minds
  7. lack-pity
  8. lack-wit
  9. lack-wits
  10. lackadaisic
  11. lackadaisical

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