Usually means: Lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy.
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  1. lackadaisical: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lackadaisical: Merriam-Webster
  3. lackadaisical: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lackadaisical: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lackadaisical: Collins English Dictionary
  6. lackadaisical: Vocabulary.com
  7. Lackadaisical, lackadaisical: Wordnik
  8. lackadaisical: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. lackadaisical: Wiktionary
  10. lackadaisical: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. lackadaisical: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. lackadaisical: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Lackadaisical, lackadaisical: Dictionary.com
  14. lackadaisical: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. lackadaisical: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Lackadaisical: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. lackadaisical: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. lackadaisical: Rhymezone
  19. lackadaisical: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. Lackadaisical: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. lackadaisical: FreeDictionary.org
  22. lackadaisical: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. lackadaisical: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. Lackadaisical: World Wide Words

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  1. lackadaisical: Legal dictionary

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  1. lackadaisical: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm.
▸ adjective:  Lazy; slothful; indolent.

Similar:
idle, languorous, languid, lethargic, dreamy, unergetic, laxadaisical, slackadaisical, listless, lazy, more...

Opposite:
diligent, hardworking, conscientious

Types:
apathetic, indifferent, uninterested, nonchalant, more...

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opposite of lackadaisical, more...

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Similar:
idle, languorous, languid, lethargic, dreamy, unergetic, laxadaisical, slackadaisical, listless, lazy, more...

Opposite:
diligent, hardworking, conscientious

Types:
apathetic, indifferent, uninterested, nonchalant, more...

Phrases:
opposite of lackadaisical, more...

Colors:
    pale blue,     light gray,     soft lavender,     muted beige,     dusty rose, more...



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