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sloppy

[ slop-ee ]

adjective

sloppier, sloppiest.
  1. muddy, slushy, or very wet:

    The field was a sloppy mess after the rain.

  2. splashed or soiled with liquid.

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  3. careless; loose:

    sloppy writing.

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  4. untidy; slovenly:

    sloppy clothes; a sloppy eater.

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  5. overly emotional; gushy:

    sloppy sentimentality.

  6. (of food or drink) prepared or served in an unappetizing way.
  7. (of clothes) loose-fitting; baggy:

    a big, sloppy sweater.

  8. (of the surface of a racetrack) wet from a recent or continuing heavy rain and containing puddles and mud still too thin and watery to be sticky.


sloppy

/ ˈɒɪ /

adjective

  1. (esp of ground conditions, etc) wet; slushy
  2. informal.
    careless; untidy
  3. informal.
    mawkishly sentimental
  4. (of food or drink) watery and unappetizing
  5. splashed with slops
  6. (of clothes) loose; baggy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDZ辱, adverb
  • ˈDZ辱Ա, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • DZp· adverb
  • DZp·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sloppy1

First recorded in 1700–10; slop 1 + -y 1
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Hegseth's Defense Department has been a reliable source for palace intrigue stories, as dangerously sloppy information security around military strikes in Yemen has led to a chaotic wave of firings.

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Kennedy spent the rest of the interview extending sympathy to the Trump administration and refusing to admit that such a grave error might signal further sloppy work from the Department of Homeland Security.

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But the Clippers got sloppy with the basketball as the quarter continued, turning it over eight times in the second, leading to the Nuggets trimming L.A.’s lead to 53-49 at the half.

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“But his administration is the most sloppy, unprofessional, arrogant and stupid group of people ever assembled in government.”

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There is much truth in that; people are notoriously sloppy and unsystematic thinkers.

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