Both Uses
lax
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Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
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- With unrestrained adoration he trotted after while Miles fed the cows, chased his one pig—an animal of lax and migratory instincts—or dramatically slaughtered a chicken.†
Chpt 26
- His colloquialisms seemed to Carol no more lax than their habitual slang.†
Chpt 38 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(lax as in: lax supervision) relaxed; or lacking in strictness or strength
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(2)
(lax as in: lax rope) loose (not taut) or relaxed
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) LAX is also the frequently used airport code for Los Angeles International Airport. It can also be used as an informal abbreviation for lacrosse.