sloppy

B2
US /ˈslɑ.pi/ UK /ˈslɒp.i/
adj Freq #7639

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    lacking neatness or order

    a sloppy room

  2. 2
    adj

    wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material

    a sloppy floor

  3. 3
    adj

    Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.

    The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen!

  4. 4
    adj

    Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.

    The carpenter did a sloppy job of building the staircase.

  5. 5
    adj

    Imprecise or loose.

    a sloppy measurement; a sloppy fit

  6. 6
    adj

    marked by great carelessness

  7. 7
    adj

    excessively or abnormally emotional

  8. 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

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