sloppiness

Example Sentences

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Is it possible that what looks very suspicious to you and me is sloppiness somehow?

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

And sloppiness is never a good investment strategy, no matter the season.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

The Brewers play the game in a way that leads to uncharacteristic sloppiness from their adversaries—and that superpower has transformed them into an unlikely candidate to win the franchise’s first-ever championship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

Whereas the hosts were ruthless in the morning, led by Atkinson's 5-33, their sloppiness in the evening could cost them a series victory.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025

I'm startled at the sloppiness of her hair and the pink shadows beneath her eyes.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir