slackness
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But the flaws in “The Californians” reflect ambition and overexertion, not slackness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2025
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is decrying the “immaturity” of his nation’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak and said officials’ “non-positive attitude, slackness and inactivity” hindered efforts to control the virus, state media reported Wednesday.
From Washington Times ● May 18, 2022
With sheer determination, he established that a man in his 40s didn’t have to suffer arm slackness and that with pure application he could learn any system.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2022
Livingston looked rattled but were able to take advantage of Rangers' ongoing slackness at the back this term.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2021
He stood there for a moment more, a sudden slackness in his body.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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