slackness

2 definitions found

slackness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Slackness \Slack"ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being slack.
     [1913 Webster]

slackness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  slackness
      n 1: weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
           [syn: inanition, lassitude, lethargy, slackness]
      2: the quality of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on
         the slackness of the rope" [syn: slack, slackness]
      3: the quality of being lax and neglectful [syn: laxness,
         laxity, remissness, slackness]