Looseness

['lʊsnɪs]

(noun.) movement or space for movement; 'there was too much play in the steering wheel'.

(noun.) the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints.

(noun.) a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice; 'misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression'.

(noun.) freedom from restraint; 'the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made'.

Editor: Pratt--From WordNet

(n.) The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles.

Checker: Merle

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