flabby
adj.adj. describing a mathematical object that has extra parts or properties that are not needed. It is often used to say that a structure is too loose or has too many rules.
adj. describing a mathematical structure that contains superfluous elements or relations, making it less efficient or less elegant. Often used in the context of category theory to describe objects that are not 'tight' or 'rigid'.
The mathematician simplified the flabby structure to make it more useful.
In category theory, a flabby sheaf is one that lacks the necessary constraints to be considered a fine sheaf.
The proof failed because the initial assumptions led to a flabby set of conditions that were too broad to provide a meaningful conclusion for the specific problem at hand.
From a variant of flappy, from flap (“to hang loose”). Compare English dialectal flapsy (“flabby”), Middle Dutch flabbe (“a slap in the face; a fan-blade; a hair ribbon; a wagging tongue”), Middle Low German flabbe (“a gaping mouth; a chatterbox”), Danish flab (“the jaw; cheeks; a malapert”), Swedish flabb, fläff (“the hanging underlip of an animal; guffaw; driveller”), German Flabbe (“a gob; muzzle”).