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looseness

noun as in promiscuity

Strong match

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The program also had “many loose ends” — especially a lack of training — he says.

From Ozy

Though the company notes that if, say, a heavy book falls on top of the kart after it jostled it loose from a shelf, that could ultimately be an issue.

These scenarios posit the human microbiome, which we imagine as mostly confined to our gut, as actually existing in a loose network that extends beyond our bodies.

It’s a recipe in the loosest sense, made when my partner and I realize we have enough of the ingredients already in the house, but nothing else to make it better or more cohesive.

From Eater

While looser than the lockdown imposed earlier this year, the new restrictions will still damage the recovery, particularly for sectors like restaurants and transportation, and will last for six months, alongside the new support measures for workers.

From Quartz

That gives Obama plenty of time to use the current looseness of the law to push forward the releases of many more prisoners.

Now we can see the wonderful looseness of his brushwork as well.

It was that mixture of precision and looseness that was so influential.

It fell with a looseness and 323 finality that told Masten of the end.

Security against injury by shock, whether due to the presence of water in the cylinder or to looseness of running parts.

The looseness of the vessels and the weakness of the retentive faculty, is known from a moist and loose habit of the body.

If it proceeds from the retentive faculty, and looseness of the vessels, it is to be corrected with gentle astringents.

His bowels have always been regular, and rather inclined to looseness, but never disordered.

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On this page you'll find 479 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to looseness, such as: atrocity, degradation, evil, decadence, degeneration, and depravity.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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