slack

1. The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
2. A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains.
3. Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.
4. Attributive form of slacks (“semi-formal trousers”).

become loose

moving slowly

slack capacity

idle capacity

underemployed capacity

unemotional person

amount of deflection

swampy ground

become flabby

coal screenings

From Middle English slak, from Old English slæc (“slack”), from Proto-Germanic *slakaz. For sense of coal dust, compare slag.

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