sloppiness
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Kevin Buzzard, a flamboyant British number theorist, believes that Lean will cleanse mathematics of its excessive sloppiness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Regardless of some sloppiness, the Dodgers have had a successful season going into the break.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
The sloppiness of the autopsy and its unfinished state are also notable.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
There’s a temptation to take some comfort in ICE’s sloppiness.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
The epistemological sloppiness that, in Western culture, characterizes references to experience before the Scientific Revolution is not a necessary characteristic of pre-scientific societies.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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