sloppy

[ slop-ee ]

/ ˈslɒp i /

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adjective, slop·pi·er, slop·pi·est.

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.

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Origin of sloppy

First recorded in 1700–10; slop¹ + -y¹

SYNONYMS FOR sloppy

2, 4 messy.

3 slipshod.

4 slatternly.

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OTHER WORDS FROM sloppy

slop·pi·ly, adverbslop·pi·ness, noun

Words nearby sloppy

sloper, slop jar, slop out, slop-over, slop pail, sloppy, Sloppy Joe, Sloppy Joe's, slopshop, slop sink, slopwork

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Example sentences from the Web for sloppy

He catalogues the sloppy flow of outside money and its failures to transform the country.
Confronting George Clooney’s Critics on South Sudan|John Avlon|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I mean, it shouldn't be sloppy work; it shouldn't be bad procurement process.
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Some of the stuff has been so shoddy and so sloppy that our soldiers are over there dying in the shower from electrocution.
Ron Paul Dons 9/11 Truther Tin Foil|Olivia Nuzzi|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There are two separate crises that Republicans (and sloppy liberals) are conflating for political reasons.
The So-Called Immigration Border Crisis Is Neither|Sally Kohn|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The Chairman, the new book about disgraced former Florida Republican Party chairman Jim Greer, is a sloppy, ugly mess.
The Messy, Sordid Story of Jim Greer, Charlie Crist’s Man to a Fault|Rick Wilson|June 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This tickled Mr. Sloppy as an extraordinarily good joke, and he threw back his head and laughed with measureless enjoyment.
Ten Girls from Dickens|Kate Dickinson Sweetser
Friday, the 4th of April, was a sloppy day, and just before sundown we heard firing off towards Sherman's division.
"Shiloh" as Seen by a Private Soldier|Warren Olney
Sloppy's feelings obliged him to squeeze his hat, and contract one leg at the knee.
Our Mutual Friend|Charles Dickens
Better one feature well explained and emphasized, than a score hurried over in a sloppy manner.
The Psychology of Salesmanship|William Walker Atkinson
They all stood around on the sloppy floor of the clay room as she undid the moist wrappings of her half-finished head.
Miss Pat at School|Pemberton Ginther

British Dictionary definitions for sloppy

sloppy

/ (ˈslɒpɪ) /

adjective -pier or -piest

(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, adverbsloppiness, noun

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adjective -pier or -piest

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