slacked (off)

verb

past tense of slack (off)
1
as in hung around

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2
as in neglected

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slacked (off)
  1. hung around
  2. neglected
  3. bummed
  4. forgot
Verb
  • The chip of bone was placed in a circular container called a reliquary and hung around the saint’s neck.
    — Clare Whitton, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The seven-word message became the Washington Commanders’ game-day creed in 2024 and has hung around ever since — literally.
    — Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of hung around
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  • Los Sures Executive Director Juan Ramos said some landlords deliberately neglected or destroyed properties in an effort to force tenants out.
    — Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • What the instructions neglected to mention was that there were two State Farm signs in the alley.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of neglected
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  • I'mPhaedra Trethan, bummed out to hear one of my favorite baseball announcers has been let go in a round of ESPN layoffs.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 21 July 2026
  • Officer Rory lets Greg go, but the combination of the walk and thinking about his daughter’s predicament has bummed him out.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
Definition of bummed
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  • Rodri, who left La Liga and Atletico Madrid for City in 2019, perhaps forgot this particular culture difference between England and Spain.
    — Pol Ballús, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Every one of those steps is a task, and a lot of that work runs on CPUs, the chips everyone forgot about in the AI conversation.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of forgot
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“Slacked (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slacked%20%28off%29. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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