Meaning of slackery | Babel Free

Definitions

Laxity; idleness; lack of requisite effort.

uncountable

Examples

“When all intelligent influences and organizations are working as never before to obtain the biggest possible product from the soil, does it not seem slackery of the worst sort for any one who has, or can get a patch of tillable soil, or can manage to squeeze out a half hour, morning or evening, for seeding or weeding, to neglect the opportunity to serve.”

“The probability of a call to arms, not against Mexico, but against the almost almighty German Empire, was so great that it looked like slackery or cowardice to ask to be excused.”

“It was especially had for Cheever, whose family took a dim view of New Deal slackery, and whose own Yankee scruples were such that— four decades later, blessedly solvent—he'd try to return his first Social Security check.”

“Starbucks is nice, but I would suggest choosing a local place to stake out as your home base, because the few remaining local shops will do even more to accommodate your slackery.”

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