sloppiness

Example Sentences

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His sloppiness, as when he repeatedly during panel discussions conflated Lyme disease and Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome, may not carry through to actual policy.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025

And sloppiness is never a good investment strategy, no matter the season.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

The Brewers play the game in a way that leads to uncharacteristic sloppiness from their adversaries—and that superpower has transformed them into an unlikely candidate to win the franchise’s first-ever championship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

Pep Guardiola's side were often opened up on the counter-attack and were made to pay heavily for their sloppiness at both ends of the pitch - failing to take a host of first-half chances.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2025

But there’s a sloppiness that comes with speed: the poorly placed boot that results in a splash, the accidental clang of a gun against a pipe, even my own commands, issued too loudly for discretion.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins