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SLOPPY

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Irregular inflected forms: sloppier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, sloppiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 I. (adjective) 

Comparative and superlative

Comparative: sloppier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Superlative: sloppiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marked by great carelessnessplay

Example:

sloppy workmanship

Synonyms:

haphazard; slapdash; slipshod; sloppy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

careless (marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful)

Derivation:

sloppiness (the quality of not being careful or taking pains)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Excessively or abnormally emotionalplay

Synonyms:

overemotional; sloppy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

emotional (of more than usual emotion)

Derivation:

slop (writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental)

sloppiness (falsely emotional in a maudlin way)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Not fitting closely; hanging looselyplay

Example:

a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather

Synonyms:

baggy; loose-fitting; sloppy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

loose (not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Lacking neatness or orderplay

Example:

sloppy habits

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

untidy (not neat and tidy)

Derivation:

sloppiness (a lack of order and tidiness; not cared for)

Sense 5

Meaning:

(of soil) soft and wateryplay

Example:

swampy bayous

Synonyms:

boggy; marshy; miry; mucky; muddy; quaggy; sloppy; sloughy; soggy; squashy; swampy; waterlogged

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

wet (covered or soaked with a liquid such as water)

Derivation:

slop (deep soft mud in water or slush)

sloppiness (the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist materialplay

Example:

a sloppy saucer

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

wet (covered or soaked with a liquid such as water)

Derivation:

sloppiness (the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water)

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