Both Uses of
lax
in
Oryx and Crake
- He could have bought them off the Net, of course — Martha Graham was notoriously lax about scorekeeping, and plagiarism was a cottage industry there — but he'd taken a position on that.†
p. 194.9 *
- He'd been lax about shaving lately, there seemed little point to it, so his beard was sprouting.†
p. 349.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(lax) relaxed; or lacking in strictness or strength
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
LAX is also the frequently used airport code for Los Angeles International Airport.