sloppiness

Example Sentences

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The sloppiness of the autopsy and its unfinished state are also notable.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

His sloppiness, as when he repeatedly during panel discussions conflated Lyme disease and Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome, may not carry through to actual policy.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025

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

"Quite right, sugar-plum," Mr Wormwood said, casting a look of such simpering sloppiness at his wife it would have made a cat sick.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl