Misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I'm glad you like the looseness, which is inevitable when working fast. From Wordnik.com. [Cow Portrait] Reference
And it does suggest a looseness which is dangerous to the president. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2009] Reference
His looseness is his way of deflecting pressure. From Wordnik.com. [National Hockey League - Stars vs. Blues] Reference
I found that "looseness" confusing in a few places. From Wordnik.com. [Gadget Freak Files] Reference
The 'looseness' of Lisp makes it very fun, but I'm a novice there too. From Wordnik.com. [CommunityWiki: RecentChanges] Reference
You can eliminate low-frequency sources such as looseness, balance or misalignment. From Wordnik.com. [Reliable Plant Magazine] Reference
A looseness which is of no consequence in the winter may well excite uneasiness during the summer months. From Wordnik.com. [The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother] Reference
At Dover, Kyle Busch's truck probably was an '8' on a scale of 1-10 in "looseness," while Mike Skinner's was a '3.'. From Wordnik.com. [FanHouse] Reference
This could be related to the "looseness" of the host-symbiont association in giant clams compared to other animal hosts. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
There's a "looseness" in learning by actually doing that's worrisome, even unacceptable, to many both in and out of education. From Wordnik.com. [t r u t h o u t] Reference
With Clinton, there's a moral looseness about him. From Wordnik.com. [The Oracle Reveals All] Reference
"I like the looseness of his music," said Mr. Summer. From Wordnik.com. [String Quartet Does Hendrix] Reference
"It's perfect because of the length and looseness of the top.". From Wordnik.com. [Craig and Marc Kielburger: Bringing Tolerance Back in Style] Reference
"None of your Parisian looseness for us!" said the City Fathers. From Wordnik.com. [The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert] Reference
In her emotion she had dropped back into the old looseness of speech. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Blue Pete] Reference
If you will kindly inform me how to remedy this looseness of the kernel. From Wordnik.com. [Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside] Reference
Government inspectors, and that looseness is regarded as a fatal defect. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference
So far as general looseness was concerned this law of 1715 had no force. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918] Reference
So the world judges it more severely than mere gallantry or looseness of manners. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The looseness of the ill-fitting garment concealed the weapon effectually enough. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Blue Ridge] Reference
He brings out the best in Barrymore, who has a looseness I haven't previously noticed. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Going the Distance] Reference
By its physical characters we mean its looseness or stiffness, its depth, and its colour. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
No woman scandalised by her looseness of conduct was suffered to approach the drawing-room. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847] Reference
At most, with his looseness of morality, he regards debt as an inconvenience, not as a calamity. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
In looseness of the bowels we give a teaspoonful of lemon juice in a little hot water and sugar. From Wordnik.com. [Papers on Health] Reference
The symptoms of this are cramping pains in the abdomen, without fever or looseness of the bowels. From Wordnik.com. [An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time] Reference
Yet Dr. Rashdall identifies the two triads by what I must needs think a looseness of reasoning. '. From Wordnik.com. [Philosophy and Religion Six Lectures Delivered at Cambridge] Reference
This astringent quality likewise renders it an admirable specific against a dysentery or looseness. From Wordnik.com. [History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing] Reference
That such desertions must inevitably result from the looseness taught by "reformist" tactics is evident. From Wordnik.com. [Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement] Reference
Free alike from cant, from looseness and indifference, the religious tone of the college is altogether wholesome. From Wordnik.com. [The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886] Reference
When excessively wide, it denotes a lack of judgment in all things and too much looseness of views for one's good. From Wordnik.com. [Palmistry for All] Reference
This disease consists in a looseness of the bowels, generally accompanied with pain in the abdomen, more or less severe. From Wordnik.com. [An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time] Reference
It was remarkable chiefly for stupidity, looseness of grammar, and worse orthography, and died before it was able to go alone. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
This looseness of structure accounts for the rapidity with which the glaciers are cutting into the peak, and carrying it away. From Wordnik.com. [The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier'] Reference
The requirements of that season render them empty and swollen, and so they are weak and feeble because of their looseness of texture. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
In the meantime it is enough to remark that considerable vagueness of idea and looseness of expression exist concerning this subject. From Wordnik.com. [Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics] Reference
This seems one of the few passages in the play which really deserve Dryden's stricture for "looseness of expression and gross hyperboles.". From Wordnik.com. [Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois] Reference
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