1. Conveying weakness or a lack of firmness, resilience, or muscle tone: While Carol's mother was working in the garden during the hot weather, she passed out because of her flaccid condition resulting from her old age and the hot weather.

An elderly man by the name of Tim was told by his physician that life can be very difficult at times; so, no matter what kinds of obstacles he might encounter, he should strive to be stronger physically and mentally so he can delay being completely overwhelmed by his flaccid conditions. 2. Descriptive of not having any energy or vigor: Warren simply could not finish the project he was working on in the evening because his sleepiness made him a flaccid person which hindered him from making any more efforts to complete his objectives.
3. Etymology: from Latin flaccidus from flaccus, "drooping, weak".

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An organ in the body that does not function to collect and to disperse liquid wastes from a person’s or an animal’s body: A flaccid bladder is unable to contract sufficiently to empty the urine because of neural deficiencies or chronic obstruction which is a disease or disorder that persists for a long period.

A loss of muscle tone, loss or reduction of tendon reflexes, atrophy, and degeneration of muscles: Flaccid paralysis is a result of lesions of the lower motor neurons of the spinal cord.