Definition of Slacker
Slacker
slack·er
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(noun)
(informal) broadly, a person who avoids effort, obligations, or work in general, such as a person who avoids serving in the military during a time of war;
e.g. I was assigned to work with a slacker who didn't do his share of the work.
(noun)
(informal American) a person, usually young, who is seen as aimless, disinterested, and lacking in ambition;
e.g. They hoped that she wasn't a slacker and that she would do a good job.
(adjective)
looser or limper, held less tightly or tautly;
e.g. The rope had become slacker because the knot had come loose.
(adjective)
slower or quieter, showing less activity or doing less work;
e.g. The restaurant's business was slacker in the afternoons. Their work became slacker in the summer months.
(adjective)
less strict or rigid, often to the point of being more lazy or careless;
e.g. The rules had become slacker since getting a new manager.
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