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lax

adjective
  1. emptying easily or excessively
    loose
  2. lacking in rigor or strictness
    “such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable”
    slack
  3. lacking in strength or firmness or resilience
    “a lax rope”
    limp
  4. pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')