English Explanatory Dictionary

slack-handed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Careless and inactive; lacking focus or initiative.
  2. Done carelessly; slapdash.
  3. Having or done with hands that are slack.
adv
  1. Done with hands or wrists that are slack.
  2. Idly or carelessly.
noun
  1. A collection of slack-handed people.

Word forms

slack-handed more slack-handed most slack-handed slackhanded

Etymology

From slack + handed.

Derived words

slack-handedly slack-handedness
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