sloppy
muddy, slushy, or very wet: The field was a sloppy mess after the rain.
splashed or soiled with liquid.
careless; loose: sloppy writing.
untidy; slovenly: sloppy clothes; a sloppy eater.
overly emotional; gushy: sloppy sentimentality.
(of food or drink) prepared or served in an unappetizing way.
(of clothes) loose-fitting; baggy: a big, sloppy sweater.
(of the surface of a racetrack) wet from a recent or continuing heavy rain and containing puddles and mud still too thin and watery to be sticky.
Origin of sloppy
1Other words for sloppy
Other words from sloppy
- slop·pi·ly, adverb
- slop·pi·ness, noun
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How to use sloppy in a sentence
And while big celebrities loath its intrusion and sloppiness with facts, those chasing fame long to be in its pages.
Hollywood vs. The Daily Mail: George Clooney and Angelina Jolie Take On The UK's Leanest, Meanest Gossip Machine | Lizzie Crocker, Lloyd Grove | July 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe have arrived at another damaging distraction through the administration's sloppiness of execution.
I fear that the sloppiness Kakutani imputes to Mailer fits her review more closely than his text.
He'd worn the dress uniform of a Project officer, but he felt that all eyes were on its deplorable sloppiness.
Security | Poul William AndersonI told her in so many words that all this friendship of yours is nothing but a mutual pouring forth of sloppiness.
The Possessed | Fyodor Dostoevsky
The weather had decided to change again, and gusts of sleet were being driven about, which added cold to sloppiness.
T. Tembarom | Frances Hodgson BurnettIt was a good way, he thought, to insure that there would be no sloppiness in the homes of his people.
Final Weapon | Everett B. ColeMr. PAIN sometimes gives way to a touch or two of sentiment, but he abstains from sloppiness.
British Dictionary definitions for sloppy
/ (ˈslɒpɪ) /
(esp of ground conditions, etc) wet; slushy
informal careless; untidy
informal mawkishly sentimental
(of food or drink) watery and unappetizing
splashed with slops
(of clothes) loose; baggy
Derived forms of sloppy
- sloppily, adverb
- sloppiness, noun
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