slack
adjective
not tight, taut, firm, or tense;
slackness
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a word derived from
slack.
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
A moment of slackness in the Sligo rearguard then allowed Kevin van Veen to slalom forward, but his pass across goal just eluded Josh Morris, who had earlier found the side-netting with a deflected strike.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2022
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
His thin shirt has split at the seams and he gazes into some middle distance with hypothermic slackness.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
