lax

Preposition: at

• time: I imagine the security was very lax at this time in the camps.

Preposition: in

• fact: We took into there three years ago lax in fact.

Modifies a noun

• attitude: A lax attitude could prejudice the safety of your passengers.
• enforcement: But in practice women workers ' rights in Morocco continue to be flouted because of lax labor law enforcement.
• security: In the run-up to the attack there had been very lax security among the Free French.
• regulation: But faced with criticism of lax regulations, the ministry plans to make the assessment mandatory next April.
• moral: March 1996 Big screen politics Christopher Tookey Conservatives attack Hollywood for lax morals and liberal politics.
• regime: At the same time an extremely lax regulatory regime for additives has emerged.

Modifying Another Word

• notoriously: The FDA has been notoriously lax in dealing with the misuse of drugs in the dairy industry.
• somewhat: Sorry I've been somewhat lax these last few months.
• too: With the benefit of hindsight, we can indeed debate whether the levels agreed were too strict or too lax.
• fairly: Up to the beginning of 2002 I had been fairly lax in pursuing breaches of copyright - simply requesting the removal of the data.
• rather: In fact, we appear to be rather lax on the matter.
• relatively: Many US companies set up branch offices in Canada to take advantage of the relatively lax bribery laws there.

Used with adjective complement

• become: They had therefore become lax in what they were offering to God.
• grow: Consequently, I began to grow lax in complying with the requirements of the formal prayers.
• get: If you've gotten lax about learning, embrace this opportunity.
• seem: It seems quite lax of him to go get eaten is that a problem with logic or just me being picky?
• appear: But many of the voters came from outside, and identity checks on voters appeared lax.
• offer: Offer much laxer the wpt is is provided by.