Synonyms for "slackness" (57 found)

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Closest matches (12)

carelessnesscreepingdefalcationdefaultdeliberatenessdeliberationderelictiondisregarddrawlfailurefoot dragginghesitation

Strong matches (17)

idlenessimpotenceinactioninadvertenceinanitioninattentionindifferenceindolenceinertialaissez fairelanguorlapselaxness

Noun(4 words)

inanitionlassitudelaxitylaxness

Related words (28)

lazinessleniencylicenseloosenesslooseningmugwumpneglectnegligencenonfeasancenoninterferencenonperformanceomissionoversightpermissivenessprocrastinationrelaxationreluctanceslackslightsloth

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slownesssoftnessstallunrestraintweakness

Noun(3 words)

lethargyremissnessslack

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

6 entries

loosenessneglectneglectfulnessnegligenceplayweakness

Synonyms

3 entries

inanitionlaxnessslack

derived from

1 entries

slack

related to

1 entries

slack

Translations

4 translations across 4 languages.

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Dutch

1 entries

• slapte noun (state of being slack)

Ido

1 entries

• laxeso noun (state of being slack)

Irish

1 entries

• leibideacht noun (state of being slack)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

• گوشكلك noun (state of being slack)

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