laxity

noun

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as in laxness

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as in carelessness

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Recent Examples of laxity Below, a top plastic surgeon, dermatologists, and estheticians weigh in on their favorite at-home peptide eye creams for dark circles, fine lines, wrinkles, puffiness, laxity, and more. — Brianna Peters, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2026 Younger patients without laxity may not require surgical intervention. — Lara Devgan, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2026 Nothing will ever stop the aging process, but things like SPF, antioxidant serums, and retinol can prevent fine lines, hyperpigmentation, and skin laxity that can slow it down. — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 24 May 2026 Although these driverless taxis were susceptible to citations from local law enforcement, laxity in autonomous vehicle regulations left California law enforcement puzzled about how to address vehicles that violated the state's road laws. — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 4 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for laxity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laxity
  1. laxness
  2. carelessness
  3. looseness
  4. inadvertence
  5. inadvertency
  6. heedlessness
Noun
  • Still, being private isn’t a license to let laxness creep in.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Definition of laxness
Noun
  • Once, administrators confronted him about the carelessness of his grading.
    — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
  • That's not chance or carelessness.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Definition of carelessness
Noun
  • Their shows are driven by a physicality both intricately choreographed and fizzily chaotic, tightness and looseness alternating — even somehow overlapping — in a rolling series of lazzi and dances, fistfights and slapstick routines.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 June 2026
  • Cobbled together as a mixtape from a collection of leaks—allegedly because Veeze was holding onto a payload of Carti tracks—the tape hums along with a looseness that could only come from not being edited to death.
    — Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 2 June 2026
Definition of looseness
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  • As for inventions, accident and inadvertence played a role in the development of Post-it Notes and microwave heating.
    — Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 4 May 2018
  • The history of the game proceeded through intelligence, but also through inadvertence.
    — JAY CASPIAN KANG, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2017
Definition of inadvertence
Noun
  • Again, what is lost is inadvertency and the element of surprise — the sense that the power of the image is independent of the photographer’s plans.
    — TEJU COLE, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2016
Definition of inadvertency
Noun
  • The heedlessness of the children has touched her mood.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
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