Associations to the word «Slackness»

Wiktionary

SLACKNESS, noun. The state of being slack; the quality of having slack.

Dictionary definition

SLACKNESS, noun. Weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy.
SLACKNESS, noun. The quality of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope".
SLACKNESS, noun. The quality of being lax and neglectful.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope