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Sloppiness

The quality or state of being sloppy; muddiness.

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Narrower term 6

Corn 76% connected

A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.

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Incaution 76% connected

Want of caution.

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Neglect 76% connected

Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to di…

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Negligence 76% connected

The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.

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Sentimentalism 76% connected

The quality of being sentimental; the character or behavior of a sentimentalist; sentimentality.

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Shagginess 76% connected

The quality or state of being shaggy; roughness; shaggedness.

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Emotionalism 76% connected

The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.

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Sloppy 74% connected

Wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sloppy 74% connected

Wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Watery 74% connected

Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Watery 74% connected

Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water.

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Carelessness 92% connected

The quality or state of being careless; heedlessness; negligenece; inattention.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mawkishness 92% connected

The quality or state of being mawkish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Muddiness 92% connected

The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness caused by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sentimentality 92% connected

The quality or state of being sentimental.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slovenliness 92% connected

The quality or state of being slovenly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wateriness 92% connected

The quality or state of being watery; moisture; humidity.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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