slovenliness
Example Sentences
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It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.
From Salon
Your instinct, that slovenliness will be perceived as disrespect, is reasonable.
From Washington Post
Language, he wrote, “becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.”
From Washington Post
Herewith three examples of slovenliness, even meretriciousness, regarding facts:
From Washington Post
In “Politics and the English Language,” Orwell wrote that “the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
