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Negligent

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(similar in meaning)

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(Other definitions for lax that I've seen before include "Insufficiently strict" , "Not strict enough" , "Flabby" , "Remiss" , "Not sufficiently careful" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times, the Penny Press, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Newsday.
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