What is the meaning of lackadaisical?

adjective

  • Lacking spirit or liveliness.
    • usage: "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot languorous afternoon"
  • Idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way. "she was annoyingly lackadaisical and impractical"; "a... Lackadaisical, spiritless young man-about-town- P. G. Wodehouse
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