Not close or compact in arrangement or structure. gen. Used e.g. of earth or soil: Having the particles free to move among themselves. Of a fabric or…

Of loose open texture or composition. Obsolete.

Relaxed, enfeebled, weak; wanting consistence or firmness of texture or temperament. Obsolete.

Of organic tissue, stone, soils, etc.: Loose in texture; loosely cohering or compacted; porous.

Not firm or sound in substance; spongy. Obsolete exc. dialect. (Cf. fozy, adj.)

Not compact; loosely put together; of loose consistency.

Containing a high proportion of water; having a soft or loose consistency; (of a liquid) thin, weak, or insipid as a result of containing too much…

Not compacted; incompact.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

= lax, adj. 3a.

(un-, prefix1 affix 2.)

Light loose soil.

Of snow, ice, etc.: not pressed into a compact or solid mass. Cf. pack, v.1 7b.

(un-, prefix1 affix 2.)