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Me and a friend of mine were arguing over the exact meaning of the word "lackadaisical." I think it means more of a "dull, lack of spirit", and he believes its more "idle/lazy". I believe that lackadaisical can describe someone who is industrious, and yet dull or boring. So my question is this: Can someone lackadaisical be industrious?
Thanks for the help Mazen
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To me, somebody is being lackadaisical if they're doing whatever it is they're supposed to be doing, but not putting much effort or care into it.
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I agree with Bingley. That rules out somebody being both industrious and lackadaisical.
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I've always heard and therefore pronounced it with an 's' which suggested a correlation with "lax" as in relax, but...
# of gits® per:
lackidasical = 320 lacksidasical = 395 lacksadasical = 1590 lackadasical = 548,000
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Careless or, specifically, worthy of rebuke.
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Like whoopsy-daisy, oopsy-daisy and upsy-daisy.
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"There's a flower missing from my bouquet, but it really doesn't bother me," said Tom lackadaisically...
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"I was horribly constipated for the first few days in country but the natives showed me how to make tea from a wild flower which brew quickly solved the problem," said Tom lacksadasically.
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Like whoopsy-daisy, oopsy-daisy and upsy-daisy.
Aren't the first two usually used when you've made a teeny error, and the third when you lift up a small child.
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