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

Adjective

[-pier, -piest]

1. Informal careless or untidy: sloppy workmanship

2. Informal excessively sentimental and romantic

3. wet; slushy

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

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

adjective 3. wet, watery, slushy, splashy, sludgy

Translations

sloppy [ˈslɔpɪ] adj [work] → descuidado; [appearance] → desaliñado

sloppy [ˈslɔpɪ] adj [work] → peu soigné(e) → bâclé(e); [appearance] → négligé(e) → débraillé(e); [film etc] → sentimental(e)

sloppy [ˈslɔpɪ] adj (work) → nachlässig;

(appearance) → schlampig;

(sentimental) → rührselig

sloppy [ˈslɔpɪ] adj [work] → tirato/a via; [appearance] → sciatto/a; [film etc] → sdolcinato/a