sloppy

slop·py

 (slŏp′ē)

adj. slop·pi·er, slop·pi·est

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

2. Showing or in the habit of using little care or attention: sloppy use of language; a sloppy researcher.

3. Informal Oversentimental; gushy: a sloppy love letter.

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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slop′pi·ly adv.

slop′pi·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 or -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

ˈsloppily adv

ˈsloppiness n

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slop•py

(ˈslɒp i)

adj. -pi•er, -pi•est.

1. muddy, slushy, or very wet: sloppy grounds.

2. splashed or soiled with liquid.

3. untidy; slovenly: a sloppy eater.

4. careless; slipshod: sloppy writing.

5. overly emotional; gushy: sloppy sentimentality.

6. (of clothes) loose-fitting; baggy.

[1700–10]

slop′pi•ly, adv.

slop′pi•ness, n.

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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

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sloppy

adjective

1. Marked by an absence of cleanliness and order:

disheveled, messy, mussy, slipshod, slovenly, unkempt, untidy.

2. Indifferent to correctness, accuracy, or neatness:

careless, messy, slapdash, slipshod, slovenly, untidy.

3. Informal. Affectedly or extravagantly emotional:

bathetic, gushy, maudlin, mawkish, romantic, sentimental, slushy, sobby, soft, soppy.

Informal: gooey, mushy, schmaltzy, soupy.

Slang: drippy, sappy, tear-jerking.

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Translations

عاطِفي، تافِهغَيْرُ مُتْقَنقَذِر وموحِلنِصْف سائِل، مُنْدَلِق

kašovitýlajdáckýledabylýřídkýsladkobolný

sjusketvådblødsentimental

schlampiglabberigrührselig

τσαπατσούλης

descuidado

huolimatonväljävetelävetinenepätarkka

bâclédésordonné

neuredan

érzelgõslucskosömlengős

blautur, vatnskenndursóîalegurvæminn

sciattosdolcinatofangoso

ずさんな

부주의한

slordig

sjusketesøtladen

niedbały

desleixado

слякотный

vodnatý

površen

slarvig

ซึ่งไม่เป็นระเบียบ

aşırı duygusalbaştan savmacıvıkgelişigüzelyarı sulu

cẩu thả

流质的粗心的过于伤感的马虎的

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

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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slop

(slop) – past tense, past participle slopped – verb

to (cause liquid to) splash, spill, or move around violently in a container. The water was slopping about in the bucket. mors, uitspoel يَنْدَلِق، يُطَرْطِش (из)плисквам (се) chocalhar cákat, rozlévat schwappen spilde; løbe over πλατσαρίζω, τσαλαβουτώ, ξεχειλίζω, χύνομαιderramar, verter loksuma, loksutama سر رفتن loiskua renverser, déborder לְהָתִיז छलकाना, छलकना preliti se, proliti se kilottyan(t) mengguncang sletta, skvetta sciaguattare, sciabordare パシャパシャはねる (액체 등이) 튀기다 teliūskuoti šļakstīties melimpah klotsenskvette, skvalpe, søle rozpryskiwać się, chlupotać يو بادوانيزه بېړۍ، هغه بېړۍ چې يوه ستن لري chocalhar a răsturna, a re­vărsa проливать, выплескивать pretiecť, rozliať sa pljuskati; razlivati se prelivati se skvalpa, skvimpa ทำหก dökmek, saçmak 溢出 розхлюпувати, розпліскувати چھلکنا tràn ra, sánh ra 溢出

ˈsloppy adjective

1. semi-liquid; tending to slop. sloppy food. morsig, pap kos نِصْف سائِل، مُنْدَلِق течен mole řídký; kašovitý labberig blød; våd νερουλόςaguado püdel, vesine آبكي vetelä trop liquide מָזוֹן נוֹזלִי गीला vodnjikav, bljutav nedves, lucskos setengah cair blautur, vatnskenndur brodoso 水っぽい 질퍽한 praskydęs, skystas []šķidrs cair waterigbløt, sølet półpłynny چكړن، خټين: خيرن، كګړ، ناولى، چټل mole semilichid водянистый, жидкий riedky, vodnatý tekoč vodunjav slaskig, sörjig, blaskig, vattnig เหลว cıvık, yarı sulu 流質(食品) рідкий; вогкий پتلا، ڈھب ڈھب quá lỏng, loãng 流质（食品）

2. careless and untidy; messy. His work is sloppy. morsig قَذِر وموحِل небрежен desleixado ledabylý schlampig sjusket τσαπατσούλικος, απρόσεκτοςdejado, descuidado, desaliñado, desordenado räpakas كثيف huolimaton bâclé מְרוּשָל लापरवाह nesistematičan, neuredan hanyag tidak rapi sóðalegur trascurato だらしのない 부주의한, 너절한 nerūpestingas, nestropus, atmestinas nevīžīgs; nekārtīgs; netīrīgs selekeh slordigsjusketniedbały چټل desleixado neglijent неряшливый, небрежный nedbanlivý, povrchný površen aljkav hafsig ซึ่งไม่เป็นระเบียบ yarım yamalak, baştan savma 粗心的 неохайний, недбалий بے قاعدہ، لاپروا luộm thuộm 粗心的

3. very sentimental. That film is rather sloppy. sentimenteel عاطِفي، تافِه сладникав piegas sladkobolný rührselig sentimental γλυκανάλατος (μτφ.) sentimentaloide sentimentaalne, hale احساساتي imelä plein de sensiblerie רָגְשָנִי מִדַי भावुक razvodnjen, sladunjavo sentimentalan érzelgős, ömlengős cengeng væminn sentimentale, sdolcinato 感傷的な 몹시 감상적인 perdėm sentimentalus sentimentāls; raudulīgs terlalu sentimental sentimenteelsøtladen, sentimentalckliwy احساساتی piegas siropos сентиментальный dojímavý, sentimentálny osladen sladunjav sentimental, känslodrypande สะเทือนอารมณ์ aşırı duygusal 過於傷感的 сентиментальний فضول میں جذباتی ủy mị, sướt mướt 过于伤感的

ˈsloppily adverb

morsig بِعاطِفَيَّه сладникаво desleixadamente ledabyle matschig sjusket τσαπατσούλικα, γλυκανάλατα desordenadamente räpaselt شلخته وار vetelästi sans soin בְּרִישוּל बेढंगेपन से neuredno nedvesen; felületesen; érzelgősen secara sembrono sóðalega sciattamente だらしなく 묽게, 몹시 감상적으로, 어물어물 nerūpestingai, skystai nekārtīgi; raudulīgi dengan cuai slordigsølet, sjusketniedbale, ckliwie desleixadamente neîngrijit неряшливо, небрежно ledabolo površno aljkavo hafsigt อย่างยุ่งเหยิง yarım yamalak 過於傷感地，草率地 неохайно, недбало اوپری انداز میں loãng, luộm thuộm ,sướt mướt 过于伤感地，草率地

ˈsloppiness noun

morsigheid عاطِفِيَّه تافِهَه сладникавост desleixo sentimentálnost die Matschigkeit sjuskethed τσαπατσουλιά, γλυκερότητα dejadez, desorden räpasus شلختگي vetelyys sensiblerieרישול बेढंगापन bljutavost, neurednost nedvesség; hanyagság; ömlengés kesembronoan sóðaskapur sdolcinatezza だらしなさ 단정치 못함, 몹시 감상적임, 묽음, 어물어물함 skystumas, netvarkingumas nekārtīgums; raudulīgums kecuaian slordigheid, waterigheid sjuskethetniedbalstwo, ckliwość desleixo sentimentalism неряшливость, небрежность lajdáckosť; sentimentalita zanikrnost aljkavost hafsighet ความยุ่งเหยิง yarım yamalak iş yapma 粗心 неохайність, недбалість بے قاعدگی sự loãng, sự luộm thuộm, tính sướt mướt 粗心

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sloppy

→ غَيْرُ مُتْقَن lajdácký sjusket schlampig τσαπατσούλης descuidado huolimaton désordonné neuredan sciatto ずさんな 부주의한 slordig sjuskete niedbały desleixado слякотный slarvig ซึ่งไม่เป็นระเบียบ gelişigüzel cẩu thả 马虎的

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