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Laid-back

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Relaxed and easy-going; demonstrating an absence of stress or worry.

    "The V-2's directional system was notoriously erratic. In May 1947, a V-2 launched from White Sands Proving Ground headed south instead of north, missing downtown Juarez, Mexico, by 3 miles. The Mexican government's response to the American bombing was admirably laid back. General Enrique Diaz Gonzales and Consul General Raul Michel met with United States officials, who issued apologies and an invitation to come to "the next rocket shoot" at White Sands. […"

Adjective
  1. 1
    unhurried and relaxed wordnet

Etymology

From U.S. slang (circa 1950s). Presumably originally a metaphor — literally, "sitting in a tilted-back chair", a relaxed posture.

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