Sloppy

//ˈslɑ.pi// adj, name

adj, name ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.

    "The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen!"

  2. 2
    Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.

    "The carpenter did a sloppy job of building the staircase."

  3. 3
    Imprecise or loose.

    "a sloppy measurement; a sloppy fit"

Adjective
  1. 1
    marked by great carelessness wordnet
  2. 2
    excessively or abnormally emotional wordnet
  3. 3
    not fitting closely; hanging loosely wordnet
  4. 4
    lacking neatness or order wordnet
  5. 5
    (of soil) soft and watery wordnet
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  1. 6
    wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms
carelesshaphazardnegligentslapdashslipshodslovenly

Example

More examples

"He said he dashed this proposal off in one sitting. It's pretty sloppy."

Etymology

From slop + -y.

Related phrases

sloppy drunksloppy joesloppy secondssloppy toppysloppy-minded

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