In a sentence
Six example sentences with lax, each labelled with its topic.
Password rules at the startup were so lax that half the staff still used the word welcome with a single digit after it.
Technology
The inspector found the warehouse's fire checks lax, with extinguishers years past their service date and exits blocked by pallets.
Law
The coach called the second-half defense lax, pointing to three uncontested layups where nobody even raised a hand.
Basketball
Lax lending standards let borrowers with no income sign for houses they could never afford.
Finance
Lax enforcement of the dumping rules left the river brown for a decade.
Environment
Lax hand washing on the ward was traced to a sink placed too far from the beds.
Medicine
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