Learn How to Pronounce FLACCID – FLACCID in a Sentence

Learn how to pronounce FLACCID correctly by understanding the syllables. Then see FLACCID in a sentence along with an illustration as a memory aid.

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FLACCID – it’s an adjective with 2 syllables. Stress the 1st syllable.

This word can be pronounced in two ways:

FLASS◦id or FLAX◦id

FLASS◦id is probably the more common pronunciation.

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FLACCID
Definition:
1. hanging limply or loosely, drooping, without being firm
2. lacking force, or vigour

The clipart shows a drooping cactus in a plant pot.

Here is an illustrated sentence example.

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The picture shows a man and woman shaking hands.

Sentence example: A flaccid handshake usually makes a negative first impression.

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Examples of FLACCID from news items:

When it comes to sides, I’m not a proponent of flimsy and flaccid steamed vegetables or mashed potatoes, so I almost always opt for pasta.
Source: Salon
https://www.salon.com/2021/08/04/think-chicken-is-boring-these-inspired-takes-on-italian-american-classics-will-change-your-mind/

Yet the music is full of traps for a conductor, especially when it comes to pacing and rhythmic freedom; give singers too much expressive leeway, and things can easily turn flaccid.
Source: New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/10/arts/music/boheme-met-opera-review.html

Nearby a collection of scrawny cows, with their ribs protruding and flaccid udders, grazed on what little vegetation could be found on the sere ground.
Source: Seattle Times
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/severe-bolivian-drought-hurts-crops-threatens-capital/

As with most bills that include a path to legalization for those in the country illegally, there are some enforcement parts of the bill as well, but they are particularly flaccid in this instance.
Source: Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/farm-bill-panned-as-amnesty-for-illegal-immigrants-heads-to-vote-in-house

Three weeks from now, we might realize this game said more about the Cardinals — who played both stupidly and flaccidly, to remarkable degrees, under first-year Coach Steve Wilks — than it did about Washington.
Source: Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/its-only-one-game-but-the-redskins-allow-you-yes-wait-for-it–hope/2018/09/09/2ce3d9c2-b455-11e8-94eb-3bd52dfe917b_story.html

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