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
He muscled into Celtic's box, withheld a challenge and poked home exposing a moment of slackness 90 seconds after Celtic's second.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2022
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
What was taken by outsiders to be slackness, slovenliness or even generosity was in fact a full recognition of the legitimacy of forces other than good ones.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
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