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Meaning of "slackness" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SLACKNESS

ˈslæknɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLACKNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Slackness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SLACKNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Slackness

Slackness refers to vulgarity in West Indian culture, behavior and the music. It also refers to a subgenre of dancehall music with straightforward sexual lyrics performed live or recorded. Its form and pronunciation varies throughout the Caribbean. With the decline of roots reggae music, sound systems regained popularity. DJs performed over extended grooves produced by a new mixing style of selecting called "juggling." The energy in the dance halls became very sexual, with increasingly revealing clothing, scandalous dance styles, and cruder lyrics from the DJs. Previously, sexual lyrics had been merely suggestive, but the new "slack" lyrics, part of the rebellion against fading Rastafari movement ideals, left nothing to the imagination. Ironically, the term reflects the derisive attitude typified by the Nyabinghi toward reggae music seen as lacking a deeper message. The rise of dancehall music coincided with important shifts in Jamaican society. Politically, the Jamaican people had rejected the originally revolutionary democratic socialist regime of Michael Manley and the People's National Party, placing their hopes instead on Edward Seaga and the Jamaica Labour Party.

Definition of slackness in the English dictionary

The definition of slackness in the dictionary is carelessness or negligence. Other definition of slackness is loose quality.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLACKNESS

blackness · blankness · bleakness · darkness · frankness · homesickness · likeness · lychnis · meekness · pinkness · quickness · seasickness · semi-darkness · sickness · sleekness · slickness · starkness · thickness · uniqueness · weakness

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLACKNESS

slack · slack suit · slack water · slack-jawed · slacken · slackener · slackening · slacker · slacklining · slackly · slacks · slacktivism · slacktivist · slactivism · sladang · slade · slag · slag down · slag heap · slagged

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLACKNESS

African horse sickness · African sleeping sickness · airsickness · altitude sickness · anti-motion-sickness · briskness · business · dankness · decompression sickness · falling sickness · Greekness · heartsickness · morning sickness · motion sickness · mountain sickness · pitch darkness · Prince of Darkness · radiation sickness · serum sickness · sleeping sickness · travel-sickness

Synonyms and antonyms of slackness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «slackness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLACKNESS

Find out the translation of slackness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of slackness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «slackness» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

松弛
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

flojedad
570 millions of speakers
en

English

slackness
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

ढिलाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

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التراخي
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

вялость
278 millions of speakers
pt

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frouxidão
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

শৈথিল্য
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

négligence
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Kelemahan
190 millions of speakers
de

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Nachlässigkeit
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

緩み
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

이완
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Slackness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kia tưởng đâu
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

slackness
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

उतार
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

gevşeklik
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

fiacchezza
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

slackness
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

млявість
40 millions of speakers
ro

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slackness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χαλαρότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

laksheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

slapphet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

slapphet
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about slackness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLACKNESS»

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Linear Programming 2: 2: Theory and Extensions
Comment: Tucker's Theorem is also known as the Strict Complementary Slackness Theorem because it states that optimal solutions can be found such that in every complementary pair exactly one variable is positive and the other variable is ...
George B. Dantzig, Mukund N. Thapa, 2003
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Lectures on Parallel Computation
Theorems 4.3 and 4.4 show that PRAM algorithms with a degree of parallel slackness can be implemented on distributed memory architectures in a way which is optimal in terms of the processor-time product. Definition 4.5 An m processor ...
Alan M. Gibbons, Paul G. Spirakis, 1993
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Wake the Town & Tell the People: Dancehall Culture in Jamaica
15 In her article about dancehall, Cooper ( 1994) argues that slackness is a liberatory ideology and practice, because it celebrates women's ability to free themselves from the shackles of Jamaica's traditional sexist morality, which represses ...
Norman C. Stolzoff, 2000
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Encyclopedia of Optimization
... nonlinear — complementarity slackness [49M37, 65K05, 65K10, 90C30, 93A13] (see: Multilevel methods for optimal design) complementarity slackness see: strict — complementarity slackness condition see: strict — complementarity theory ...
Christodoulos A. Floudas, Panos M. Pardalos, 2008
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Linear Programming: Foundations and Extensions
The following theorem is called the Strict Complementary Slackness Theorem THEOREM 10.7. If a linear programming problem has an optimal solution, then there is an optimal solution (x∗,w∗) and an optimal dual solution (y∗,z∗) such that ...
Robert J Vanderbei, 2007
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Transputer/Occam Japan 5: Proceedings of the 5th ...
Theorems 2.3 and 2.4 show that PRAM algorithms with a degree of parallel slackness can be implemented on distributed memory architectures in a way which is optimal in terms of the processor-time product. Definition 2.5 Anm processor ...
S. Noguchi, M. Yamamoto, 1993
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Linear and Integer Programming: Theory and Practice, Second ...
Strong Complementary Slackness From Theorem 3.4 it follows that a pair of primal and dual feasible solutions, x and y respectively, is optimal if and only if x, ym+, =0 for i = l,...,n, and x„+;y; =0 for j = l,...,m; compare Table 3.3.1.
Gerard Sierksma, 2001
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Linear Programming and Network Flows
This is called the strong theorem of complementary slackness, or the strictcomplementary slackness property. c. Illustrate thestrong theorem of complementary slackness geometri cally. (Hint: Consider a linear program where the objective ...
Mokhtar S. Bazaraa, John J. Jarvis, Hanif D. Sherali, 2011
9
Operations Research: Methods,Models,And Applications
If reduced to its simplest (but perhaps not most understandable to students) form, complementary slackness can be stated as follows: At an optimal solution, given a primal variable and its associated dual variable (I will elaborate on this ...
Jay E. Aronson, Stanley Zionts, 2008
10
Calm Abiding and Special Insight: Achieving Spiritual ...
earlier occurs when, for example, after observing the meditative stabilizations of Buddhas and generating a wish to attain them, a slackness or disheartening sets in. This is an instance of slackness that has a virtuous object. It is also called the ...
Geshe Gedun Lodro, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLACKNESS»

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Monsoon shower creates issues in Karachi due to authorities …
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Slackness of authorities has increased problems of locals post monsoon shower as stagnant water in Sabzi Mandi has spoiled ... «DunyaNews Pakistan, Jul 15»
2
Celtic 3 Dukla Prague 5: No defence for slackness, says Deila
RONNY Deila, the Celtic manager, has warned his players that vast improvements are required on the defensive slackness that contributed to them being taken ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
3
Don't be a bystander to slackness
On Tuesday, June 30, I got so mad, and rightfully so. I was on a bus heading to Cross Roads in Kingston. I sat quietly observing as the bus conductors (two ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 15»
4
Anti-corruption Campaign Targets “Slackness
As the countercorruption campaign shifts up a gear, anti-graft chief Wang Qishan vowed to “awaken the awareness of discipline and rules among Party ... «China Digital Times, May 15»
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Teachers, students to protest today against authorities' slackness
The students of the University of Karachi will stage a rally on its premises on Tuesday (today) to protest against the lack of progress in assistant professor ... «The News International, May 15»
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No to slackness
Acting Superintendent Margaret Stephen, Al Gilkes, Banks Breweries' Julian King, acting Chief Fire Officer Lloydson Phillip, Ramases Browne, Digicel's Marc ... «Nation News, Apr 15»
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Lady Saw: 'My slackness never degraded women'
Exploding onto the dancehall scene in the early 1990s with her unique brand of 'slackness', Saw soon received a barrage of criticism from people who felt her ... «The Voice Online, Feb 15»
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Recurring Maoist Attacks Point to Police Slackness
KOCHI: The second attack by suspected Maoists in the city has put the City Police in a fix, who are still groping in the dark with regard to the probe into the Nitta ... «The New Indian Express, Jan 15»
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LG Jung suspends officials for slackness in Swachh mission
During an inspection at one of the six schools that L-G Jung visited on Wednesday. (Source: Express Photo). Cracking the whip against government officers ... «Indian Express, Nov 14»
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Defending slackness at all costs
So the prime minister, who is also the minister of defence, is perfectly satisfied with the performance of her minister of health. She has every confidence in Dr ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Nov 14»
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