sloppy (redirected from sloppier)

slop·py  (slp)

adj. slop·pi·er, slop·pi·est

1. Marked by a lack of neatness or order; untidy: a sloppy room.

2. Marked by a lack of care or precision; slipshod: sloppy use of language.

3. Informal Oversentimental; gushy.

4. Of, resembling, or covered with slop; muddy or slushy: sloppy ground.

5. Watery and unappetizing: a sloppy stew.

6. Spotted or splashed with liquid.

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sloppi·ly adv.

sloppi·ness n.

Synonyms: sloppy, slovenly, unkempt, slipshod
These adjectives mean marked by an absence of due or proper care or attention. Sloppy evokes the idea of careless spilling, spotting, or splashing; it suggests slackness, untidiness, or diffuseness: a sloppy kitchen; sloppy dress. "I do not see how the sloppiest reasoner can evade that" (H.G. Wells).
Slovenly implies habitual negligence and a lack of system or thoroughness: a slovenly appearance; slovenly inaccuracies.
Unkempt stresses dishevelment resulting from a neglectful lack of proper maintenance: "an unwashed brow, an unkempt head of hair" (Sir Walter Scott).
Slipshod suggests inattention to detail and a general absence of meticulousness: "the new owners' camp . . . a slipshod and slovenly affair, tent half stretched, dishes unwashed" (Jack London).

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sloppy [ˈslɒpɪ]

adj -pier, -piest

1. (esp of ground conditions, etc.) wet; slushy

2. Informal careless; untidy

3. Informal mawkishly sentimental

4. (Cookery) (of food or drink) watery and unappetizing

5. splashed with slops

6. (Clothing & Fashion) (of clothes) loose; baggy

sloppily  adv

sloppiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	sloppy - lacking neatness or order; "a sloppy room"; "sloppy habits" untidy - not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"
	2.	sloppy - wet or smeared with a spilled liquid or moist material; "a sloppy floor"; "a sloppy saucer" wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"
	3.	sloppy - (of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous" boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloughy, soggy, swampy, waterlogged, squashy wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"
	4.	sloppy - not fitting closely; hanging loosely; "baggy trousers"; "a loose-fitting blouse is comfortable in hot weather" baggy, loose-fitting loose - not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose"
	5.	sloppy - excessively or abnormally emotional overemotional emotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"
	6.	sloppy - marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship" slapdash, slipshod, haphazard careless - marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful; "careless about her clothes"; "forgotten by some careless person"; "a careless housekeeper"; "careless proofreading"; "it was a careless mistake"; "hurt by a careless remark"

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sloppy

adjective

1. (Informal) careless, slovenly, slipshod, messy, clumsy, untidy, amateurish, hit-or-miss (informal), inattentive I won't accept sloppy work from my students.

2. (Informal) sentimental, mushy (informal), soppy (Brit. informal), slushy (informal), wet (Brit. informal), gushing, banal, trite, mawkish, icky (informal), overemotional, three-hankie (informal) some sloppy love-story

3. wet, watery, slushy, splashy, sludgy sloppy foods

Translations

sloppy [ˈslɒpɪ] ADJ (sloppier (compar) (sloppiest (superl)))

1. (= runny) [food] → aguado

2. (= careless) [work etc] → descuidado; [appearance, dress] → desaliñado, desaseado; [thinking] → poco riguroso

3. (= sentimental) → sentimentaloide, ñoño

4. (= wet) → mojado
a big sloppy kiss → un besazo con todas las babas

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sloppy [ˈslɒpi] adj

[work] → peu soigné(e), bâclé(e)

[appearance] → négligé(e), débraillé(e)

(= sentimental) [film, letter] → sentimental(e)
sloppy Joe [ˌslɒpiˈdʒəʊ] n

(= sweater) → grand pull m

(US) (= sandwich) → hamburger m

slosh around

slosh about [ˌslɒʃ] vi

[person] → patauger

[liquid] → clapoter

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sloppy

adj (+er) (inf)

(= careless) → schlampig (inf); work, writing → nachlässig, schlud(e)rig (inf)

(= sentimental) → rührselig; film, novel also → schmalzig

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sloppy [ˈslɒpɪ] (fam) adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl)))

a. (work) → trascurato/a; (appearance, dress) → trasandato/a, sciatto/a

b. (book, film, letter) → sdolcinato/a

c. (food) → brodoso/a

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sloppy [ˈslɒpɪ] (fam) adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl)))

a. (work) → trascurato/a; (appearance, dress) → trasandato/a, sciatto/a

b. (book, film, letter) → sdolcinato/a

c. (food) → brodoso/a

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