lackadaisical
adj/ˌlækəˈdeɪzɪkəl/ · /læksə-/
Etymology From the archaic expression lackadaisy + -ic + -al.
1
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:
2 more examples
- "Then let those who do know it learn that you are able to bear such wounds without outward complaint. 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:
2
Lazy; slothful; indolent.
- Derived terms
- lackadaisicality, lackadaisically, lackadaisicalness, slackadaisical