What does lackadaisical mean?
Definitions for lackadaisical
ˌlæk əˈdeɪ zɪ kəllack·adaisi·cal
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Princeton's WordNet
dreamy, lackadaisical, languid, languorousadjective
lacking spirit or liveliness
"a lackadaisical attempt"; "a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot languorous afternoon"
lackadaisicaladjective
idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way
"she was annoyingly lackadaisical and impractical"; "a...lackadaisical, spiritless young man-about-town"- P.G.Wodehouse
GCIDE
lackadaisicaladjective
Lacking spirit or liveliness; lethargic; listless; languid.
lackadaisicaladjective
Indolent; lazy; idle, especially in a dreamy manner.
Wiktionary
lackadaisicaladjective
Showing no interest or enthusiasm.
Etymology: From the archaic interjection lackaday, lackadaisy.
ChatGPT
lackadaisical
Lackadaisical refers to the characteristic of showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm; it's a state of being indifferent, lazy, or lethargic.
Webster Dictionary
Lackadaisicaladjective
affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental
Etymology: [From Lackadaisy, interj.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Lackadaisical
lak-a-dā′zi-kal, adj. affectedly pensive, sentimental.—interj. Lack′adaisy=Lack-a-day. [Alack-a-day. See Alack.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lackadaisical in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lackadaisical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of lackadaisical in a Sentence
Few critical infrastructures need to expedite their cyber resiliency as desperately as the health sector, who repeatedly demonstrates lackadaisical cyber hygiene, finagled and Frankensteined networks, virtually unanimous absence of security operations teams and good ol’ boys club bureaucratic board members flexing little more than smoke and mirror, cyber security theatrics as their organizational defense.
If you are unvaccinated, the risk is incredibly high -- and maybe in some areas, higher than it's ever been, because there are not mask mandates, people are enjoying this wonderful return of summer and are a little more carefree and lackadaisical and making it more possible that you could be exposed.
If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers.
The disturbingly techno-illiterate and cyber-hygienically lackadaisical and shockingly arrogant responses by the National Association of Secretaries of States when we at ICIT repeatedly showed them what their vulnerabilities were and exactly how elections could be compromised is a betrayal of trust to offer safe and legitimate elections. The technical vulnerabilities littering our election systems is only part of the problem.
Kenosha Police Lt. Joseph Nosalik:
I did not get the feeling that this was a lackadaisical officer sitting in my office thinking that this was no big deal, to him it was a very big deal.
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