lackadaisical

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The Word of the Day for July 8 is:

lackadaisical   \lak-uh-DAY-zih-kul\   adjective
     : lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid

Example sentence:
     Disgusted by his team's performance during their losing 
streak, the coach gave a lecture scolding them for their 
lackadaisical play.

Did you know?
     Alas, alack, there are times when life seems to be one 
unfortunate occurrence after another. We've all had days when 
nothing seemed to go right. When folks had one of those days 
back in the 17th century, they'd cry "Lackaday" to express their 
sorrow and disappointment. "Lackaday" was a shortened form of 
the expression "alack the day." In the mid-
1700s, "lackadaisical" was coined through addition of the 
suffix "-ical." The word "lackadaisy" also saw usage around that 
time as an interjection similar to "lackaday," and this word, 
though never as prevalent as "lackaday," might have influenced 
the coinage of "lackadaisical."