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What is the adjective for slack?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs slack and slacken which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

slack
  1. Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended.
  2. Weak; not holding fast.
  3. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
  4. Not violent, rapid, or pressing.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. loose, relaxed, limp, drooping, flabby, lax, loosened, sagging, slackened, flapping, hanging, saggy, soft, droopy, flaccid, flexible, insecure, pliant, flimsy, floppy, quaggy, unsecured, not taut, not tight, pendulous, unfastened, sloppy, slouchy, supple, yielding, wilting, unrestricted, bendy, unbound, untied, unrestrained, detached, untethered, unfettered, unattached, movable, disconnected, unconnected, unclasped, unshackled, unhinged, unhooked, unlatched, undone, pliable … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “Gunny then threaded the slack rope through the railing and pulled my end tight.”
      “He was watching the dark grey clouds ominously looming over the sky, when a man, dressed in a slack shirt and jeans, sauntered towards him.”
      “A slack performance by the drummer can cost the band dearly in the competition.”
slackest
  1. superlative form of slack: most slack
  2. Synonyms:
      3. loosest, limpest, flabbiest, laxest, saggiest, softest, droopiest, flimsiest, floppiest, quaggiest, most relaxed, most drooping, most loosened, most sagging, most flaccid, most flexible, most insecure, most pliant, most pendulous, sloppiest, slouchiest, supplest, most yielding, most unrestricted, bendiest, most unrestrained, most untethered, most detached, most unfettered, most disconnected, most movable, most unattached, most unconnected, most unclasped, most unhinged, most pliable, most ductile, limberest, baggiest, lankest, unsteadiest, ricketiest, infirmest, feeblest, weakest, most unfirm, most stooping, most flexuous, most stooped, most slumping … more
slacked
  1. simple past tense and past participle of slack
  2. Synonyms:
      3. idled, shirked, flagged, neglected, relaxed, skived, bludged, dodged, dossed, underworked, wasted time, bobbed off, goofed off, took it easy, taken it easy, bunked off, lounged about, slacked off, sat back and do nothing, loafed, slackened, eased, loosened, released, unclenched, unknotted, untightened, made looser, became looser, become looser, loosed, let go, let up, freed, disburdened, disengaged, eased off, eased up, become loose, become slack, made slack, veered, slackened off, relieved, become less stiff, become less tense, become less rigid, became slack, became loose … more
slacking
  1. present participle of slack
  2. Synonyms:
      3. idling, shirking, flagging, neglecting, relaxing, skiving, bludging, dodging, dossing, underworking, wasting time, bobbing off, goofing off, taking it easy, bunking off, lounging about, slacking off, sitting back and do nothing, loafing, slackening, easing, loosening, releasing, unclenching, unknotting, untightening, making looser, becoming looser, loosing, veering, freeing, easing off, disburdening, disengaging, easing up, making slack, becoming slack, becoming loose, slackening off, relieving, becoming less stiff, letting up, becoming less rigid, letting go, becoming less tense, opening, undoing, untying, coming loose … more
slackened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of slacken
  2. Synonyms:
      3. loosened, relaxed, loosed, released, slacked, untightened, veered, became looser, become looser, made looser, eased, let go, unclenched, unknotted, let up, slackened off, opened, freed, disburdened, disengaged, untied, become loose, become slack, made slack, relieved, eased off, eased up, become less stiff, become less tense, become less rigid, come loose, worked loose, undid, undone, became slack, became loose, became less tense, became less stiff, became less rigid, came loose, abated, diminished, lessened, tempered, decreased, flagged, moderated, receded, reduced … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Soon his strength began to fail, and the weight of the slackened rope effectually stopped his progress.”
slackening
  1. present participle of slacken
  2. Synonyms:
      3. loosening, relaxing, loosing, releasing, slacking, untightening, veering, becoming looser, making looser, easing, unclenching, unknotting, letting go, slackening off, opening, freeing, easing off, disburdening, disengaging, easing up, making slack, becoming slack, becoming loose, undoing, untying, coming loose, working loose, relieving, letting up, becoming less stiff, becoming less rigid, becoming less tense, abating, diminishing, lessening, tempering, decreasing, flagging, moderating, receding, reducing, relenting, subsiding, waning, dwindling, ebbing, mitigating, remitting … more
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