lackadaisical
/ˌlækəˈdeɪzɪkəl/
lackadaisical adjective: showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm.
Adjective
lackadaisical (comparative more lackadaisical, superlative most lackadaisical)
- Showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm.
- the lackadaisical look on his face
- I, at one time, used to go and take a hand at cribbage with a friend, and afterwards discuss a cold sirloin of beef, and throw out a few lackadaisical remarks, in a way to please myself, but it would not do long.1822, William Hazlitt, “On the Disadvantages of Intellectual Superiority”, in Table-Talk, volume II
- Synonyms:
- languid, listless, unenthusiastic, uninterested, lethargic, adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blasé, blithe
- Lazy; slothful; indolent.
lackadaisical meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
lackadaisical in Urdu
- lackadaisical, fatigued
- اداس udās
lackadaisical in Bengali
- অলস, উত্সাহহীন, উদাসীন
lackadaisical in Malayalam
- unenthusiastic, careless, lazy
- നിരുത്സുകമായ, ആവേശമില്ലാത്ത, ഉദാസീനമായ, ഒന്നിലും താത്പര്യമില്ലാത്ത, നിരിച്ഛ, ഇച്ഛയില്ലാത്ത
lackadaisical in Kannada
- ಬಳಲಿದಂತೆ ನಟಿಸುವ, ಬಳಲಿಕೆಯ ಸೋಗಿನ, ಲವಲವಿಕೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ, ನೀರಸ, ಜಡ, ಜಂಬದ
More languagesFewer languages
- lackadaisical in Punjabi
- ਕਮਜ਼ੋਰ kamzor
- lackadaisical in Indonesian
- pemalas
Examples of lackadaisical in a sentence
- I tell you fairly that I cannot sympathize with a lackadaisical lover."1864, Anthony Trollope, chapter 58, in The Small House at Allington:
- I could hear the sound of the janitor's lackadaisical scrubbing against the wooden floor.2010, Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest:
Synonyms of lackadaisical
- languid
- listless
- unenthusiastic
- uninterested
- lethargic
- adiaphroistic
- apathetic
- apathistical
- blasé
- blithe
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Forms of lackadaisical
| comparative | more lackadaisical |
|---|---|
| superlative | most lackadaisical |
| alternative form | lack-a-daisical |
Origin of lackadaisical
From the archaic expression lackadaisy + -ic + -al.
Words formed from lackadaisical
Questions about lackadaisical
- What does lackadaisical mean?
- Lackadaisical means showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm.
- What is lackadaisical in Urdu?
- Lackadaisical in Urdu is اداس (udās). See Lackadaisical meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use lackadaisical in a sentence?
- I tell you fairly that I cannot sympathize with a lackadaisical lover."
- What part of speech is lackadaisical?
- Lackadaisical is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce lackadaisical?
- Lackadaisical is pronounced /ˌlækəˈdeɪzɪkəl/.
Words near lackadaisical in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lackadaisical (page history and authors); اداس (Urdu) (page history and authors); lackadaisical (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lackadaisical (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); lackadaisical (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕਮਜ਼ੋਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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