slackness
- 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
Each work possesses different degrees of slackness and tension.
From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2023
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
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
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
