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

Mark Birighitti, their new Australia goalkeeper, twice coughed up possession with loose passes to his full-backs, but AZ Alkmaar were unable to seize upon his slackness.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2022

Chief among these are the dough’s slackness and its propensity to spread into a pancake-like loaf, baking up flat and dense, if even lightly mishandled.

From New York Times • May 3, 2021

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