He said he dashed this proposal off in one sitting. It's pretty sloppy.
Source: tatoeba (282854)
Sloppy
//ˈslɑ.pi//
Synonyms for "sloppy" (279 found)
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Closest matches (56)
Strong matches (84)
disheveleddisordereddisorderlydisreputabledowdydown at the heeldrabbletaileddraggleddraggletaileddroopingdrunkeasyeasygoingeffusivefecalfeculentfetidfilthyfingers all thumbsflapping
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flyblownfoulfrowzyfrumpishfrumpyfumblingfustygauchegawkishgawkygloppygooeygracelessgrubbygrungygunkygushinggushyhalf assedhalf-assedham-fistedham-handedhangingheavy handedheavy-handedhit-and-misshit-or-misshulkinghulkyhydratedhydraulichydrousickyimpotentimprecisein ragsindifferentinebriatedinelegantinformalintoxicatedlaxleft handedleft-handleft-handedlenientliquidlooseloose fittingloutishlubberlylumberinglumpenlumpishmaggotymaladroitmalodorousmaudlinmawkish
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(3 words)
Related words (139)
mediocremephiticmessymirymuckymuddledmuddymushymussynamby pambynamby-pambynastynauseatingneglectednostalgicnostomanicoafishodiousoozyordurous
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overemotionaloverindulgentoverpermissiveoversentimentaloversentimentalizedpermissivepixilatedplashyplasteredpokyponderouspoorpromiscuouspukyputridraggedraggedyrainyrankraunchyrelaxedremissrepulsivericketyromanticrottenruinoussappyscabbyschmaltzyscragglyscruffyscummyscurfyseedysentimentalsentimentalizedshabbyshakyshittyshoddyslabbyslackslatternlyslimyslipshoddyslobberingslobberyslobbysloshysloughysludgyslushysluttishsoddensoftsoggysoppingsoppysordidsplashysposhysqualidsquashysquelchysquishystickystiffstreamingswashysweettackytatteredtear jerkingtear-jerkingtearyturbiduncombeduncouthunfastidiousungainlyungracefulunhandyunkemptunneatunprofessionalunrestrainedunsightlyunthoroughunwieldyvilevomitywaterishwaterloggedwateryweakwormyyecchy
Adjective(12 words)
Adjective(8 words)
Noun(1 words)
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Synonyms
10 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
101 translations across 26 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- səhlənkar adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
Bulgarian
4 entries- кален adj (very wet; covered in or composed of slop)
- небрежен adj (imprecise or loose)
- недоизкусурен adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
- немарлив adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
Catalan
4 entries- amarat adj (very wet; covered in or composed of slop)
- bast adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
- desmanegat adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
- matusser adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 吊兒郎當 /吊儿郎当 adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
Czech
4 entries- lajdácký adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
- lajdácký adj (imprecise or loose)
- ledabylý adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
- mokrý adj (very wet; covered in or composed of slop)
Danish
1 entries- sjusket adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
Dutch
1 entries- slordig adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
Finnish
4 entries- epätarkka adj (imprecise or loose)
- huolimaton adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
- hutiloitu adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
- juokseva adj (very wet; covered in or composed of slop)
French
4 entries- ample adj (imprecise or loose)
- bâclé adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
- large adj (imprecise or loose)
- lâche adj (imprecise or loose)
Georgian
2 entries- დაუდევარი adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
- მოუწესრიგებელი adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
German
4 entries- klitschnass adj (very wet; covered in or composed of slop)
- nass adj (very wet; covered in or composed of slop)
- salopp adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
- salopp adj (imprecise or loose)
Hungarian
2 entries- felületes adj (imprecise or loose)
- hanyag adj (imprecise or loose)
Irish
1 entries- liobarnach adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
Italian
4 entries- abborracciato adj (imprecise or loose)
- approssimativo adj (imprecise or loose)
- inzuppato adj (very wet; covered in or composed of slop)
- lordo adj (very wet; covered in or composed of slop)
Japanese
3 entries- ぐちゃぐちゃ adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
- ずさんな adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
- だらしない adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
Macedonian
4 entries- ка́шест adj (very wet; covered in or composed of slop)
- мо́кар adj (very wet; covered in or composed of slop)
- не́брежен adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
- не́брежен adj (imprecise or loose)
Māori
4 entries- hakirara adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
- hakirara adj (imprecise or loose)
- hakuhakutai adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
- hakurara adj (imprecise or loose)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- كوشك adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
- كوشك adj (imprecise or loose)
Persian
1 entries- شلخته adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- pukjrich adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
- schlopmetzich adj (imprecise or loose)
Polish
1 entries- niechlujny adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
Portuguese
1 entries- desleixado adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
Russian
4 entries- мо́крый adj (very wet; covered in or composed of slop)
- неаккура́тный adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
- небре́жный adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
- неря́шливый adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
Spanish
4 entries- chapucero adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
- desaliñado adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
- desaseado adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
- descuidado adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
Swedish
2 entries- slapp adj (imprecise or loose)
- slarvig adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
Ukrainian
3 entries- мо́крий adj (very wet; covered in or composed of slop)
- недба́лий adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
- неоха́йний adj (messy; not neat, elegant, or careful)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Whether it's national economics, family economics, or personal economics, it's not something where sloppy accounting is good enough.
Source: tatoeba (327553)
This year's freshly inducted employees are, to a man, lacking in concentration, and their sloppy work leaves me speechless.
Source: tatoeba (471859)
Edit your work better before you submit it, it's sloppy.
Source: tatoeba (868260)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.