Slack-handed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Slack-handed is an adjective meaning Careless and inactive; lacking focus or initiative.
Meaning
Careless and inactive; lacking focus or initiative.
More Meanings
- Done carelessly; slapdash.
- Having or done with hands that are slack.
- Done with hands or wrists that are slack.
- Idly or carelessly.
- A collection of slack-handed people.
Example Sentences
On the whole a great deal of slack-handed service was put up with.
The gun jiggled in a slack-handed grip, but the trigger finger looked tight.
She motions with the needle across the station to the paralysed, slack-handed clock.
It was the fate of the Creoles—possibly a climatic result—to be slack-handed and dilatory.
Word Forms
- slackhanded
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include slackhanded, slackadaisical, slack, loose-handed, negligent, lazy.
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