lackadaisical

WOTD – 24 January 2008    

English

Etymology

From the archaic interjection lackaday, lackadaisy.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌlækəˈdeizikəl/

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Adjective

lackadaisical (comparative more lackadaisical, superlative most lackadaisical)

1. Showing no interest or enthusiasm.
   • 2010, Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest

     I could hear the sound of the janitor's lackadaisical scrubbing against the wooden floor.

   the lackadaisical look on his face

Synonyms

• (showing no interest or enthusiasm): languid, listless, unenthusiastic, uninterested
• See also Wikisaurus:apathy

Derived terms

• lackadaisically
• lackadaisicalness

Related terms

• lackaday
• lax

Translations

showing no interest or enthusiasm

• Dutch: ongeïnteresseerd (nl), lusteloos (nl)
• Finnish: välinpitämätön (fi), raukea (fi), tylsämielinen (fi),
• French: languide (fr)
• German: gleichgültig, lustlos
• Greek: βαρυεστημένος (el) (varyestiménos)

• Italian: languido (it), apatico (it), stufato (it)
• Russian: равнодушный, апатичный
• Spanish: lánguido (es)
• Swedish: ointresserad, oengagerad