sloppy
B2
adj
Freq #7639
Meanings
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1
adj
lacking neatness or order
a sloppy room
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2
adj
wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material
a sloppy floor
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3
adj
Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.
The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen!
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4
adj
Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.
The carpenter did a sloppy job of building the staircase.
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5
adj
Imprecise or loose.
a sloppy measurement; a sloppy fit
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6
adj
marked by great carelessness
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7
adj
excessively or abnormally emotional
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8
adj
not fitting closely
Etymology
From slop + -y.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
1
adj
· lacking neatness or order
scraggly
6
adj
· marked by great carelessness
slapdash
7
adj
· excessively or abnormally...
overemotional
8
adj
· not fitting closely
baggyloose-fitting
Word family
Derived forms
slopperslopperysloppificationsloppilysloppinesssloppy-mindedunsloppy