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sloppy-mindedness

sloppy-mindedness noun: thoughtlessness; condition when the person's ability of reasoning is limited.

Noun

sloppy-mindedness (uncountable)

  1. thoughtlessness; condition when the person's ability of reasoning is limited
    • "Perhaps there is no region of thought in which sloppy-mindedness is so common as in the region of politics."1907, F.C. Westley, The Spectator, volume 98, page 857

Origin of sloppy-mindedness

From sloppy-minded + -ness.

Questions about sloppy-mindedness

What does sloppy-mindedness mean?
Sloppy-mindedness means thoughtlessness; condition when the person's ability of reasoning is limited.
What part of speech is sloppy-mindedness?
Sloppy-mindedness is a noun.

Words near sloppy-mindedness in the dictionary

  1. sloppy joe
  2. sloppy joes
  3. sloppy seconds
  4. sloppy toppy
  5. sloppy-minded
  6. sloppy-mindedness
  7. slops
  8. slops out
  9. slopseller
  10. slopsellers
  11. slopselling

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