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Lackadaisical reporting, poor journalism, opinion as news.
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Lackadaisical at least to fans of the auditory equivalent of the greasy spoon, an allegorical allusion to yesteryear diners that served up messy, unadorned, bloodcurdling (and clogging) goods.
Wayne Trujillo: The Amazing Grace of How Sweet It Was: The Sights and Sounds of Gospel's Golden Age 2010
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BO is driving me crazy with this Lackadaisical campaign.
For First Time, McCain Edges Ahead Of Obama In Tracking Poll 2009
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One could never tell by the Lackadaisical behavior of most Americans.
Surely no one out there believes in the Bush Blair crap anymore! 2006
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"Lackadaisical teachers who care little for working with young people and have entered this field for its long holidays and short work days will soon wake up with a nasty bump," he said.
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Lackadaisical Gertrude, whose face is so perfect in the daytime, looks pale and insipid by gaslight, and timidly walks through the dance.
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Lackadaisical mankind did not then dream of the thoroughness and elaboration with which Deutschland was preparing her many deep and diabolical designs.
Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life Stuart Oliver Henry 1906
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Lackadaisical gentlemen had better emigrate to fool's-land, where men get their living by wearing shiny boots and lavender gloves.
Brave Men and Women Fuller, O E 1884
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Lackadaisical Gertrude, whose face is so perfect in the daytime, looks pale and insipid by gaslight, and timidly walks through the dance.
A Confederate Girl's Diary Sarah Morgan Dawson 1875
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Lackadaisical gentlemen had better emigrate to fool's-land, where men get their living by wearing shiny boots and lavender gloves.
Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs 1867
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