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sloppy
[ slop-ee ]
adjective
- muddy, slushy, or very wet:
The field was a sloppy mess after the rain.
- splashed or soiled with liquid.
Synonyms:
- careless; loose:
sloppy writing.
Synonyms:
- untidy; slovenly:
sloppy clothes; a sloppy eater.
Synonyms: ,
- overly emotional; gushy:
sloppy sentimentality.
- (of food or drink) prepared or served in an unappetizing way.
- (of clothes) loose-fitting; baggy:
a big, sloppy sweater.
- (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
- (esp of ground conditions, etc) wet; slushy
- informal.careless; untidy
- informal.mawkishly sentimental
- (of food or drink) watery and unappetizing
- splashed with slops
- (of clothes) loose; baggy
Derived Forms
- ˈDZ辱, adverb
- ˈDZ辱Ա, noun
Other Word Forms
- DZp· adverb
- DZp·Ա noun
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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.
“But his administration is the most sloppy, unprofessional, arrogant and stupid group of people ever assembled in government.”
There is much truth in that; people are notoriously sloppy and unsystematic thinkers.
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