lackadaisical

Lackadaisical means lazy and uninterested. When you are lackadaisical about something, you are not caring about it or trying to do it as well as you could.

  • He was always lackadaisical about his homework, and he never got good grades.

  • She was always lackadaisical about her job, and she never got promoted.

Definition of lackadaisical

adjective

lacking spirit or liveliness

Synonyms:

dreamy, languid, languorous

adjective

idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way

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Example Sentences for lackadaisical

  • 1

    Their marching was not lackadaisical.

  • 2

    I want to take the lackadaisical stuff out.

  • 3

    He hates the lackadaisical attitude of his wife.

  • 4

    A strong internship will trump a lackadaisical education, and vice versa.

  • 5

    A strong internship will trump a lackadaisical education, and vice versa.

  • 6

    I'm pretty much lackadaisical about everything on here.

  • 7

    If you see someone being lackadaisical, call him on it.

  • 8

    I have a lackadaisical view of the current voting process.

  • 9

    Blond furred, he is rather lackadaisical and careless, and a bit simpleminded.

  • 10

    Blond furred, he is rather lackadaisical and careless, and a bit simpleminded.