slackness

Example Sentences

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But the flaws in “The Californians” reflect ambition and overexertion, not slackness.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025

The long-term cost of techno-solutionism can be a fatal slackness, both mental and physical.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2022

It’s hard to say, since for many of us the slackness, anxiety and dissociation of the World’s Fair Challenge is just another name for Tuesday.

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2022

But they were undone by slackness at the back and ultimately a nightmare two-minute spell turned the game on its head.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2021

Her daughter’s friend seemed to have none of the mother’s slackness.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison