sloppy-mindedness

noun

thoughtlessness; condition when the person's ability of reasoning is limited

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Meanings

nounsloppy-mindedness (uncountable)
  1. uncountablethoughtlessness; 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

From sloppy-minded + -ness.

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sloppy-mindedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sloppy-mindedness

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