slackness
- a word derived from slack.
Example Sentences
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The slackness in Reeder’s storytelling works against her down the stretch, once Jonny becomes more focused on solving the mysteries of both the local crime spree and her own family history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
The long-term cost of techno-solutionism can be a fatal slackness, both mental and physical.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2022
But they were undone by slackness at the back and ultimately a nightmare two-minute spell turned the game on its head.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2021
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
