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slop⋅py

[slop-ee]
–adjective, -pi⋅er, -pi⋅est.
1. muddy, slushy, or very wet: The field was a sloppy mess after the rain.
2. splashed or soiled with liquid.
3. careless; loose: sloppy writing.
4. untidy; slovenly: sloppy clothes; a sloppy eater.
5. overly emotional; gushy: sloppy sentimentality.
6. (of food or drink) prepared or served in an unappetizing way.
7. (of clothes) loose-fitting; baggy: a big, sloppy sweater.
8. (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:
1700–10; slop 1 + -y 1


slop⋅pi⋅ly, adverb
slop⋅pi⋅ness, noun


2, 4. messy. 3. slipshod. 4. slatternly.
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slop·py   (slŏp'ē)   
adj.   slop·pi·er, slop·pi·est
  1. Marked by a lack of neatness or order; untidy: a sloppy room.

  2. Marked by a lack of care or precision; slipshod: sloppy use of language.

  3. Informal Oversentimental; gushy.

  4. Of, resembling, or covered with slop; muddy or slushy: sloppy ground.

  5. Watery and unappetizing: a sloppy stew.

  6. Spotted or splashed with liquid.

slop'pi·ly adv., slop'pi·ness n.
Synonyms: These adjectives mean marked by an absence of due or proper care or attention. Sloppy evokes the idea of careless spilling, spotting, or splashing; it suggests slackness, untidiness, or diffuseness: a sloppy kitchen; sloppy dress. "I do not see how the sloppiest reasoner can evade that" (H.G. Wells).
Slovenly implies habitual negligence and a lack of system or thoroughness: a slovenly appearance; slovenly inaccuracies.
Unkempt stresses dishevelment resulting from a neglectful lack of proper maintenance: "an unwashed brow, an unkempt head of hair" (Sir Walter Scott).
Slipshod suggests inattention to detail and a general absence of meticulousness: "the new owners' camp . . . a slipshod and slovenly affair, tent half stretched, dishes unwashed" (Jack London).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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