sloppy B2 Topic:Mind & Cognition US /ˈslɑ.pi/ UK /ˈslɒp.i/ See IPA manual Freq #7639 Meanings 1 adj Done carelessly and without attention to detail. The carpenter did a sloppy job on the staircase. 2 adj Messy and untidy. His bedroom was always sloppy, with clothes all over the floor. 3 adj Wet and messy. The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · done carelessly and without... slapdash 2 adj · messy and untidy. scraggly Word family Forms sloppiersloppiest Derived forms slopperslopperysloppificationsloppilysloppinesssloppy-mindedunsloppy Common collocations sloppy workmanship Adjective + noun Etymology From slop + -y. Topics Mind & Cognition External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # sloppy **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈslɑ.pi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈslɒp.i/ **Frequency rank:** 7639 ## Meanings 1. Done carelessly and without attention to detail. 2. Messy and untidy. 3. Wet and messy. ## Examples - The carpenter did a sloppy job on the staircase. - His bedroom was always sloppy, with clothes all over the floor. - The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen. ## Derived Forms - slopper - sloppery - sloppification - sloppily - sloppiness - sloppy-minded - unsloppy ## Etymology From slop + -y. ## Topics - Mind & Cognition markdown