lackadaisical

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Lackadaisical loan officers became aggressive, and in August Chase led the Eurodollar market by participating in 46 major syndicated loans totaling $1.7 billion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lackadaisical gentlemen had better emigrate to fool's-land, where men get their living by wearing shiny boots and lavender gloves.

From Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs by Fuller, O. E. (Osgood Eaton)

Lackadaisical Gertrude, whose face is so perfect in the daytime, looks pale and insipid by gaslight, and timidly walks through the dance.

From A Confederate Girl's Diary by Dawson, Sarah Morgan

Lackadaisical Magdalens drop sentimental tears, and the Angel of the Annunciation capers above the head of an affected Virgin, while violent colours, intensified chiaroscuro, and black greasy impasto betray the neighbourhood of the tenebrosi.

From The Venetian School of Painting by Phillipps, Evelyn March

Lackadaisical in manner and matter, his carelessness provokes equal carelessness in his scholars.

From Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers by Wells, Amos R.